A Randomised Control Trial of the Impact of a Computer-Based Activity Programme upon the Fitness of Children with Autism

Table 4

Comparison of changes to fitness scores between the control and intervention groups ( calculated using ANCOVA with fixed factors of age and gender).

	Number of children showing improvement in score		Significance in difference of degree of change between control and intervention groups ((1,90))
	Control group ()	Intervention group ()
VO2 max	13	43	16.13***
Body mass index (BMI)	4	39	30.06***
Bleep test	13	43	13.15***
Shuttle run	8	46	41.35***
Broad jump	18	39	40.30***
Sit-ups	9	38	25.72***
Flexibility	4	4	1.20

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