Kaniterapijos taikymas kineziterapijoje dirbant su vaikais, turinčiais autizmo spektro sutrikimą, poveikis psichomotorinei vaiko raidai: išplėstinė literatūros apžvalga /

ABSTRACT Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Health Science Institute Department of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine Bachelor’s Degree of Physiotherapy CANINE THERAPY IN PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: IMPACT ON PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT: A EXTENDED LITERATURE REVIEW Physiotherapy Bachelor's Thesis The Author: Orinta Baranauskaitė Academic supervisor: lect. Milda Serbentavičiūtė Keywords: autism spectrum disorder; animal therapy; canine therapy; psychomotor development; development. The aim of research work: to analyze the effect of the application of canine therapy in physical therapy on the psychomotor development of children with ASD. Tasks of work: 1. To analyze the characteristics of psychomotor development of children with ASD in different ages. 2. To investigate the impact of sensory dysfunction in children with ASD on their functional abilities and behavioural problems. 3. To analyse the applicability of canitherapy in physiotherapy for children with ASD. 4. To review the impact of the application of canitherapy in physiotherapy on the psychomotor development of children with ASD. Materials and methods: Databases where scientific literature was collected: PubMed, ScienceDirect, NCBI (National Institutes of Health), Web of Science. Criteria for inclusion: scientific articles in which research participants are children with ASD, scientific articles written in English and Lithuanian, subjects (children) up to 18 years old. Criteria for exclusion: scientific articles without full access, scientific articles that are not relevant to the topic at hand, studies of one clinical case. Conclusions: 1. The literature review revealed that in children with ASD, the early years of development are characterised by motor developmental delays and impaired motor planning, which leads to age-related deficits in motor skills as children grow. In adolescence, motor difficulties contribute to lower social competence and self-esteem problems. 2. It has been shown that up to 90% of people with ASD have atypical sensory features. Increased sensitivity of the sensory systems causes stress in children with autism - they suffer from anxiety disorders, avoid more sensory intensive environments, have difficulty adapting and participating in the educational process. 3. During a canitherapy, dogs can actively participate together with the therapist, encouraging the child's physical activity, assist the physiotherapist during practical motor tasks or play a passive motivator role. The nature of the activity depends on several key factors - the age of the child, the cognitive abilities of the dog, and the main function that the dog has to perform. 4. After systematizing the findings, it became clear that canitherapy proves its effectiveness in working with children with ASD. Canitherapy promotes the development of verbal communication, increases emotional expression and improves sensory integration.

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Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

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2024

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• Baranauskaitė, Orinta,

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• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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lit

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https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD210580679&prefLang=en_US

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oai:vu.lt:elaba:210580679