Malysz, Karine AngélicaCadore, Caroline2023-02-232023-02-232020http://repositorio.uricer.edu.br/handle/35974/450Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests in childhood, with changes in morphology, physiology, brain connectivity causing motor disorders. Objective: to assess the balance deficit in children with autism spectrum disorder in the city of Erechim. Method: the sample consisted of 11 children aged between 3 and 14 years old, attending the institution Aquarela Pró-autista. The participants were submitted to the application of 3 scales: Psychomotor Battery, Timed-up and Go and Tinetti. Results: there was a predominance of males through the analyzes, a statistically significant reduction in the balance scale scores (p = 0.03) and total score (p = 0.022), with no difference in the gait scale score (p = 0.059), using the Tinetti Balance and Mobility Scale, a statistically significant and clinically relevant difference between the sample of autistic and non-autistic children (p <0.0001) in the Timed-up and Go Test and assessment of the Psychomotor Battery 54,54 % had a normal psychomotor profile. In the correlations, a direct correlation was found between the global BPM praxis factor and the total Tinetti score (r = 0.522). Correlation between psychomotor factors with balance in BPM, being moderate for tonicity (r = 0.582) and strong between notion of the body (r = 0.811), temporal space structuring (r = 0.894), global praxis (r = 0.963) and fine (r = 0.894). Conclusion: children with ASD present changes in balance, representing a low risk of falls, and impairment of global praxis, as well as a correlation between deficit of balance and changes in tonicity, notion of the body, temporal space structure and global and fine praxis of these individuals.pt-BRFisioterapiaTranstorno do espectro autistaEquilíbrioCriançasTrabalho de Conclusão de Curso