Validation of a mild-intensity exercise program suitable for high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K11393
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
• Research Institution: Nara Medical University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUDA YASUHIRO 奈良県立医科大学, 医学部, 研究員 (70445063)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 北村 聡一郎 奈良県立医科大学, 医学部, 研究員 (10714389) ; 征矢 英昭 筑波大学, 体育系, 教授 (50221346) ; 山室 和彦 奈良県立医科大学, 医学部, 学内講師 (60526721) ; 諏訪部 和也 流通経済大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 准教授 (80816413)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 低強度運動療法 / 自閉症 / スローエアロビック

Outline of Final Research Achievements

From 2021 to 2023, patients with autism spectrum disorder were divided into two groups stratified by gender: a control group receiving standard treatment and an intervention group performing slow aerobics for 10 minutes everyday. The program of intervention group involved daily 10-minute slow aerobics session for 30 days. The intervention group participants involve at the mental health daycare center once a week and they conducted slow aerobics at home other days.
Only a total of 22 individuals were able to obtain a consent of research while the required number of cases was 60, because the impact of COVID-19 affected the study schedule.

Free Research Field

運動療法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

低強度運動プログラムが、成人期ASD者の認知機能や社会機能、免疫炎症系、脳機能・構造に及ぼす影響を検討し、新規治療法の開発および病態解明につなげることが目的であったが、残念ながら目標症例数に達することができなかった。