Sweating an Early Warning Sign of Behavioral Outbursts in Autism?
In patients with severe autism, sweat sensors signaling rising electrodermal activity (EDA) may forewarn clinicians and others of a behavioral outburst and provide an early opportunity to stop such incidents before they start.
In a small feasibility study involving eight boys with severe ASD, ankle and wrist monitors recorded an increased level of sweat, signaling a rise in EDA, 60% of the time before a problem behavior, such as self-harm or aggression, occurred.
Dr Bradley Ferguson
"A spike in [EDA] is telling us that the individual's body is reacting physiologically to something that is stressful," lead author Bradley J. Ferguson, MD, Departments of Health Psychology and Radiology at the University of Missouri (MU) School of Medicine, Columbia, said in a press release.
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