Author | Motor program and duration | Participants | Assessment instruments | Results |
| Greek traditional dance training program; 8 weeks; 3 times per week; duration 35 - 45 m. | 10 individuals with autism; Average age 16 years old. | Korperkoordinations test für Kinder (KTK) | Improve their neuromuscular coordination. |
| Equine assisted therapy; 1 a week; 6 months; 60 - 70 min. | 28 children with ASD; 6 - 12 years. | Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS, | Improvement in social functioning; Milder effect on motor abilities. |
| Fundamental motor skill; 1 h/week for 12 weeks vs. 2 h/week for 6 weeks. | 9 children with ASD; 4 years old. | Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2); Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2 (VABS-2) The Social Skills Improvement System (SSIS). | Significant improvement of children’s skills in the experimental group. |
| Balance training; 45 m/session; 3 session per week; 18 sessions. | 20 boys with high functioning ASD; 7 - 10 years old. | Bertec force plate (type strain gage, 40 - 60). | Improved the postural control. |
| Nintendo Wii and the software package “Mario and Sonics at the Olympics”; 15 m day/3 week. | 50 children with ASD; 5 - 15 years. | Eurofit. | Statistically significant improvement on all tests. |
| Core stabilization training; 8 weeks; 3 times/week. | 20 children with high functioning autism. | Stork test to assess static balance; To evaluate the dynamic balance, the beam was used, where the child walked. | The study showed that core stabilization exercises can improve static and dynamic balance and can be done along with other exercises. |
| Exergaming, specifically the Makoto arena training intervention; 30 sessions; 3 per week. | 7 with ASD; 6 - 13 years. | Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF); BOT-2. | Improvement in the executive function, working memory, metacognition, strength and agility. |
| 8-week Motor skill instruction 4 h/day; 5 days/week. | 20 children with ASD; 4 - 6 years old. | Test of Gross Motor Development-2 Accelerometers; Playground Observation of Peer Engagement. | Statistically significant changes at the locomotor level object control and gross quotient. |
| Dance 14 seminars; 2 per week; 50 m per section. | 9 children with ASD; 5 - 10 years old. | Test of Gross Motor Development” (TGMD-2); Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). | Improved motor skills. |
| Equine assisted activities; 12 weeks; 1 hour per session; | 25 children with ASD 4 - 15 years. | Pediatric Quality of Life 4.0 Generic Core Scales (PedsQL); Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ). | Improvements in physical, emotional and social functioning and in behavior. |
| Trampoline training; 1 session/week; 45 minutes; 20 weeks. | 17 children with ASD; 4 - 10years old. | Bruininks-Oseretsky (2ª ed. 2005), short form. | Significant Improvements in motor proficiency, bilateral coordination, balance, speed and agility and strength. |
| Trampoline training; 1 session/week; 45 minutes; 32 weeks. | 16children with ASD; 4 - 11 years. | Bruininks-Oseretsky (2ª ed. 2005), short form. The strength of the lower limbs was estimated by a long jump with both feet together (without run up). | Significant way to the improvement of both the strength of the inferior limbs and motor proficiency. |
| Kata techniques training; 14 weeks; 4 days/week. | 30 children with ASD; 5 - 16 years. | Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Second Edition (GARS-2). | Significant improvement in social interaction. |