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pharmacological treatments ie melatonin nonpharmacological therapies eg parentbased sleep education programs behavioural interventions found result improved sleep children adolescents autism spectrum disorder asd however several limitations treatment approaches including concerns possible sideeffects safety highcost uncertainties longterm effects physical activity pa intervention promising behavioural intervention received increasing attention however effects pa intervention sleep still unclear clinical group study aimed synthesize available empirical studies concerning effects pa interventions sleep children adolescents asd following prisma guidelines seven electronic databases apa psychinfo cinahl ultimate eric medline pubmed sportdiscus web science searched inception march 2023 randomized controlled trialsquasiexperimental designs comparison groups included initially 444 articles identified 13 articles underwent systematic review 8 studies control groups sufficient statistical data selected metaanalysis compared notreatment control groups pa interventions large positive effect parentreported general sleep problems night awakenings sleep resistance sleep duration actigraphyassessed sleep efficiency children adolescents asd