ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2017
Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Exhibit Atypical Gait Characteristics.
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- Prenatal alcohol exposure and associations with physical size, dysmorphology and neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Control of precision grip in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Spiral drawing deficits in children with prenatal alcohol exposure.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Delayed cortical thinning in children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Midline Thalamic Damage Associated with Alcohol-Use Disorders: Disruption of Distinct Thalamocortical Pathways and Function.Neuropsychology review · 2021Review
- Altering Cell-Cell Interaction in Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Models: Insight on Cell-Adhesion Molecules During Brain Development.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2021Review
- Impact of Alcohol Abuse on Susceptibility to Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Review
- Gait control in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Human movement science · 2020Article
- Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.The Lancet. Neurology · 2019Review
- Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Induces Functional and Structural Plasticity in Dopamine D1 Receptor-Expressing Neurons of the Dorsomedial Striatum.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundImpaired motor function in children with histories of prenatal exposure to alcohol has been previously reported but, to date, no studies using quantitatively based analyses have been performed to assess gait in these children.
methodsGait of children with (n = 18) or without (n = 26) prenatal alcohol exposure was assessed using an electronically instrumented walkway. Children completed blocks of trials traversing the walkway with different combinations of walking condition (increased, self-paced, and decreased cadence) and direction (forward and backward). Gait velocity, cadence, stride length, step width, foot angle, and double support time, as well as the variability of these temporal-spatial markers, were used to assess gait.
resultsResults indicated that, in comparison with typically developing children, alcohol-exposed children produced exaggerated foot angle and increased step width. Additionally, alcohol-exposed children produced greater intrasubject variability of gait velocity and walking cadence while walking forward and backward, and greater variability in step width when walking backward and for all 3 walking conditions.
conclusionsThe results indicate that selected gait markers are adversely affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol. Clinicians and front-line personnel (e.g., teachers) should provide movement enriched experiences to help ameliorate these alcohol-related deficits.
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