ReviewJournal of child neurology2014
A review of environmental contributions to childhood motor skills.
Review in Journal of child neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders - a systematic review of twin and sibling studies.Development and psychopathology · 2021Pooled it
- The Relationship between Social Environmental Factors and Motor Performance in 3- to 12-Year-Old Typically Developing Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Factors associated with gross motor development from birth to independent walking: A systematic review of longitudinal research.Child: care, health and development · 2021Pooled it
- Measuring gross motor skills in African children using the PERF-FIT.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Embodied Cognition and the Structure of Personality: An Exploratory Study of Longitudinal Pathways From Early Psychomotor Function.Journal of personality · 2025Article
- DNA methylation at birth and fine motor ability in childhood: an epigenome-wide association study with replication.Epigenetics · 2023Article
- Early Motor Developmental Milestones and Personality Traits in Midlife: A 50-Year Follow-Up Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Factors Associated with Motor Competence in Preschoolers from a Brazilian Urban Area.Child & youth care forum · 2023Article
- Distinct clusters of movement entropy in children's exploration of a virtual reality balance beam.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Early life exposure to residential green space impacts cognitive functioning in children aged 4 to 6 years.Environment international · 2022Article
- Household pesticide exposures and infant gross motor development in the MADRES cohort.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Motor Development of Schoolchildren in Rural and Urban Environments.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- A Ten-Week Motor Skills Training Program Increases Motor Competence in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Is Quarter of Birth a Risk Factor for Developmental Coordinator Disorder in Preschool Children?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Is It Possible to Reduce the Relative Age Effect through an Intervention on Motor Competence in Preschool Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Changes in Motor Competence after a Brief Physical Education Intervention Program in 4 and 5-Year-Old Preschool Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Reliability, Consistency and Temporal Stability of Alberta Infant Motor Scale in Serbian Infants.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although much of children's motor skills have a heredity component, at least half of the variance is likely to be influenced by the environment. It is important to ascertain features of the environment that are responsible so that toxins can be avoided, children at risk can be identified, and beneficial interventions initiated. This review outlines the results of published studies and recommends the areas where further research is required. We found much confusion with little comparability concerning the ages or measures used. Few studies had sufficient power and few allowed for confounders. We found that research to date implicates associations with prenatal drinking ≥4 drinks of alcohol per day; diabetes; taking antidepressant drugs; being deficient in iodine or iron; dietary fish; and postnatal depression. The child appearing to be most at risk was born of low birth weight (but not due to preterm delivery) or with neonatal problems.
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