Research Article
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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