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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1813</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFECTIVENESS OF SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER - AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rathod</surname><given-names>Vandana J.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mehta</surname><given-names>Kinjal S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Alagesan</surname><given-names>Jagatheesan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kamalamma</surname><given-names>Kavya S.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>25</day><month>05</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>111</fpage><lpage>117</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is spectrum of psychological condition, characterized by widespread abnormalities of social interaction and communication as well as severely restricted interests and highly repetitive behavior. Cognitive behavior therapy is effective in children with ASD. But data are lacking to prove efficacy of sensory integration therapy in treating the children with ASD. Method: An experimental study was carried out in the outpatient department of a physiotherapy college in Karnataka, India. 20 patients with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were included in the study. They are randomly assigned into two groups. Group A: 10 (cognitive behavior therapy alone) and group B: 10 (sensory integration therapy and cognitive behavior therapy). The outcome measure used was Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the study was conducted for Six months. Result: There was a significant decrease inCARS score (p__ampersandsignlt;0.001) in children with ASD who received Cognitive Behavior Therapy alone and combined therapies of Sensory Integration Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Conclusion: Cognitive Behavior Therapy alone and combined therapies of Sensory Integration Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy are effective in decreasing the symptom severity and maladaptive behaviors through CARS (Childhood Autism Rating Scale).&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Autistic Spectrum Disorder</kwd><kwd> Cognitive Behavior Therapy</kwd><kwd> Sensory Integration Therapy.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
