Postural control processes during standing and step initiation in autism spectrum disorder

Table 3 Association between postural control and clinical/demographic features for individuals with ASD and TD control participants

	Age	FSIQ	Height	Weight	ADI-R Comm	ADOS-2 RRB
ASD
Neutral COP_ML	− 0.60*	− 0.12	− 0.57*	− 0.31	− 0.02	0.55^*
Neutral MI	0.40	− 0.14	0.41	0.49	0.32	0.04
Neutral length	− 0.71**	− 0.17	− 0.68**	− 0.44	− 0.24	0.33
ROM1 MI	0.50*	− 0.15	0.58*	0.48	0.30	− 0.24
ROM1 length	− 0.69**	0.16	− 0.69**	− 0.39	− 0.15	0.25
Circle MI	0.58*	− 0.07	0.60*	0.57*	0.49	0.09
Circle length	− 0.43	− 0.04	− 0.35	− 0.38	− 0.34	0.20
Body transfer duration	0.59*	− 0.16	0.65**	0.64**	0.53^*	− 0.04
Body transfer mean velocity	− 0.61*	0.09	− 0.67**	− 0.51*	− 0.50	0.18
Body transfer ML	0.06	0.12	0.06	− 0.11	− 0.07	− 0.55^*
TD
Neutral COP_ML	− 0.62**	0.13	− 0.45	− 0.44	–	–
Neutral MI	− 0.09	− 0.06	−0.08	0.06	–	–
Neutral length	− 0.59**	< − 0.01	−0.47	− 0.44	–	–
ROM1 MI	0.63**	0.20	0.52*	0.39	–	–
ROM1 length	− 0.57**	0.15	−0.40	− 0.38	–	–
Circle MI	0.52*	− 0.02	0.52*	0.39	–	–
Circle length	0.06	< −0.01	−0.01	− 0.01	–	–
Body transfer duration	0.73**	0.22	0.75**	0.82**	–	–
Body transfer mean velocity	− 0.42	− 0.07	− 0.43	− 0.43	–	–
Body transfer ML	0.44	0.32	0.68**	0.48	–	–

Note. Neutral Neutral stance condition, ROM1 Romberg one condition, Circle Circular sway condition, COP_ML COP SD in the ML direction, COP_AP COP SD in the AP direction, MI mutual information, Body transfer ML maximum lateral sway of body transportation phase
*p < 0.05 level; **p < 0.01 level

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