ArticleDevelopmental medicine and child neurology2020
Motor behaviour in infancy is associated with neurological, cognitive, and behavioural function of children born to parents with reduced fertility.
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- Motor Development Scales Validated in Spanish Populations of Children Aged 0-18 Months: Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The implementation of EMI-Heart, a family-tailored early motor intervention in infants with complex congenital heart disease, in practice: a feasibility RCT.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Infant Behaviors, Prenatal Cocaine Exposure, and Adult Intelligence.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Motor development in infants with complex congenital heart disease: A longitudinal study.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2023Article
- Maternal Folic Acid-Containing Supplement Use in Relation to Offspring Motor Function. A Prospective Study of 503 Mother-Child Dyads.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Early Diagnostics and Early Intervention in Neurodevelopmental Disorders-Age-Dependent Challenges and Opportunities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Concurrent and predictive validity of the infant motor profile in infants at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.BMC pediatrics · 2021Article
- Going Beyond Conventional Assessment of Developmental Motor Disorders: Exploring Video Methods for Early Identification Among Children 0 to 3 Years.Advances in rehabilitation science and practiceReview
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the associations between motor development in infancy and developmental outcomes at school age.
methodParticipants were 195 children (99 males, 96 females; mean age [SD] 9y 3mo [3mo], range 8y 4mo-10y 11mo) born to couples whose reduced fertility was or was not treated with assisted reproductive technologies. Motor behaviour was assessed at 4, 10, and 18 months with the Infant Motor Profile (IMP). IQ, neurological optimality score (NOS), and behavioural problem scores were measured at 9 years with the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, minor neurological dysfunction assessment, and the Child Behavior Checklist respectively.
resultsChildren with a slow developmental trajectory in the IMP-domain adaptability had an IQ 12.6 points lower (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.7-20.4) and an NOS 3.4 points lower (95% CI 0.7-6.2) at 9 years of age than children with typical adaptability development. Children with a slow developmental trajectory in the IMP-domain performance had an IQ 5.0 points lower (95% CI 0.7-9.3) than children with typical performance development. A non-optimal trajectory in IMP-variation and a fluctuating trajectory in IMP-fluency were associated with higher internalizing scores of 3.6 and 5.8 points respectively, than infants with optimal IMP-domain trajectories.
interpretationIn relatively low-risk children, motor behaviour in infancy was associated with neurological, cognitive, and behavioural function at school age.
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