Psychomotor evaluation tools in autistic spectrum disorder. Exploratory review

Abstract

Background: The clinical evaluation is fundamental in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and must include the evaluation of the psychomotor development in an integral way that allows to identify the interaction between the somatic and the affective, and in the long term, positively influence the overall development of the child.  The objective of this work was to identify validated psychomotor assessment tools in autism spectrum disorder in the current literature.

Methods: An exploratory review was carried out following the Prisma-SCR criteria from searches in electronic databases, including PUBMED, SCIENCE DIRECT, LILACS, SCOPUS and PEDRO, only publications between the years 2010-2020 were taken into account. validation that will include people with ASD from 2 to 14 years old.

Results: 25 studies met the inclusion criteria, of which only the Gross Motor Development Test-3 (TGDM3) is recognized as a psychomotor exploration test through six locomotor activities and six object control.

Conclusions: The tools found are very broad compared to the measurement criteria and many of them are used as screening tests for ASD.