ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2014
Motor activity at age one year does not predict ADHD at seven years.
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- Research Review: A systematic review and meta-analysis of infant and toddler temperament as predictors of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2023Pooled it
- Early motor signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Probability of a timely vocal response in mother-infant interaction and later psychiatric diagnosis: A case-control study.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Motor Development and ADHD: A Critical Review and Future Directions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Delineating early developmental pathways to ADHD: Setting an international research agenda.JCPP advances · 2023Article
- Retained Primitive Reflexes and Potential for Intervention in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Predicting ADHD symptoms and diagnosis at age 14 from objective activity levels at age 7 in a large UK cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
- Early development in children that are later diagnosed with disorders of attention and activity: a longitudinal study in the Danish National Birth Cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2016Article
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- Association between parent-infant interactions in infancy and disruptive behaviour disorders at age seven: a nested, case-control ALSPAC study.BMC pediatrics · 2014Article
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Abstract
We have examined the predictive utility of motor activity in infancy towards diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in later childhood. We conducted a nested case-control study using videos of infants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Sixty videos of children who received any Development and Well-being Assessment (DAWBA) psychiatric diagnosis at age 91 months (including 16 with ADHD) plus two controls per case were selected for data analysis. Body movements were measured at age one year: associations between motor activity-derived variables using factor analysis, and later ADHD diagnoses were sought. No significant association was found between infant motor activity and later ADHD. A positive association between motor activity and inattentive ADHD was found in males. Motor activity at age one year did not predict ADHD at age seven years. The positive association with inattentive ADHD in males requires further investigation.
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