ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2019
Infant/toddler motor skills as predictors of cognition and language in children with and without positional skull deformation.
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- Cluster analysis of motor coordination and health-related fitness in preschool children: population classification and variable contribution based on principal component analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Behavioral and Social Functioning of Children With and Without Positional Plagiocephaly: Late Infancy to School Age.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2022Article
- The neurodevelopmental profile of healthy children with premature anterior fontanel closure.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2022Observational
- Is Motor Milestone Assessment in Infancy Valid and Scaled Equally Across Sex, Birth Weight, and Gestational Age? Findings From the Millennium Cohort Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Impact of Maternal Anxiety on Early Child Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Motor Function in School-Aged Children With Positional Plagiocephaly or Brachycephaly.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association · 2020Article
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purposeTo estimate associations between early motor abilities (at two age points, 7 and 18 months on average) and cognitive/language outcomes at age 3. To determine whether these associations are similar for children with and without positional plagiocephaly and/or brachycephaly (PPB).
methodsThe Bayley Scales of Infant/Toddler Development 3 were given at all age points to 235 children with PPB and 167 without PPB. Linear regressions assessed longitudinal associations between fine and gross motor scales and cognition/language. Item analyses examined the contributions of specific motor skills.
resultsAssociations between 7-month motor skills and cognition/language were modest overall (effect sizes [ES] = - 0.08 to 0.10, p = .13 to .95). At 18 months, both fine and gross motor skills were associated with outcomes for children with PPB (ES = 0.21 to 0.41, p < .001 to .01), but among those without PPB, only fine motor skills were associated with outcomes (ES = 0.21 to 0.27, p < .001 to .001).
conclusionsToddlers' motor skills were associated with cognition and language at 3 years, particularly among children with PPB. Interventions targeting early motor development in infants and toddlers with PPB may have downstream benefits for other outcomes.
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