Evaluation of coordination and balance in preterm children

Fernández, C. Rodríguez; Zubillaga, D. Mata; Fernández, L.M. Rodríguez; Santos, Laura Regueras; Reguera-García, María Mercedes; Fernández, José Antonio de Paz; Armentia, Santiago Lapeña López de

doi:10.1016/j.anpede.2015.10.023

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“…In a study comparing 105 prematurely born infants to controls matched for age and sex with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC), De Rose et al showed a higher risk of perceptual-motor difficulties at 4 years and concluded that a delayed maturation was possibly explaining the observed results ( 53 ). In line with our assumption that standing still is difficult for PC, other authors reported lower performance for these children during the balance tasks of the M-ABC, with greater difficulties standing on one leg or walking heel-to-toe ( 54 – 58 ). Also, some studies using a force plate ( 59 – 61 ), but not all ( 58 , 62 ), revealed less efficient postural control with more body sway in PC.…”

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“…In line with our assumption that standing still is difficult for PC, other authors reported lower performance for these children during the balance tasks of the M-ABC, with greater difficulties standing on one leg or walking heel-to-toe ( 54 – 58 ). Also, some studies using a force plate ( 59 – 61 ), but not all ( 58 , 62 ), revealed less efficient postural control with more body sway in PC. Lorefice et al, especially, reported more postural sway in 4 years PC than in TC when performing a picture naming task ( 59 ), supporting the functional link between postural and cognitive activities postulated by Olivier et al ( 50 ).…”

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Influence of body mobility on attention networks in school-aged prematurely born children: A controlled trial

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School-aged prematurely born children (PC) have a higher risk of academic difficulties, which may be partly explained by attention difficulties. It has been suggested that children’s attentional performance might be influenced by their body posture and spontaneous body motion. The aim of this study (ClinicalTrials.gov – NCT 03125447) was to test the influence of three body mobility conditions on the three functions of attention (alertness, orienting, and executive control) among school-aged PC vs. term-born children (TC). Notably, 21 PC and 21 TC performed the Attention Network Test for Children in three body mobility conditions, namely, sitting and standing imposed fixed postures and a free-to-move condition. The children’s median reaction times were compared between trials (1) with and without alerting cues, (2) with valid and invalid orienting cues, and (3) with and without distracting information, to calculate the performance of alertness, orienting, and executive control, respectively. Results showed that with distracting information, PC exhibited significantly slower responses in the standing-still posture than in the sitting-still posture (1,077 ± 240 vs. 1,175 ± 273 ms, p < 0.05), but not TC. No difference was observed with the free-to-move condition. PC and TC did not significantly differ in alertness or orienting, regardless of body mobility condition. These data suggest that PC must use executive resources to stand still and maintain position, which impairs their performance during executive tasks. We speculate that these results may be related to less developed postural control and motor inhibition in PC.

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Influence of body mobility on attention networks in school-aged prematurely born children: A controlled trial

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“…The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health 79 recommend that infants born very preterm receive neurodevelopmental follow‐up to and including school age. Since the ORs indicate substantial risk and the prevalence rates for DCD are high (up to more than 40%) and tend to increase in children born very preterm, 34 we suggest that follow‐up procedures pay specific attention to DCD. This may be easily implemented by using questionnaires like the DCD Questionnaire (for children 5–15y) or Little DCD Questionnaire (for children 3–4y), 80 or the DCD Daily Questionnaire that assesses activities in daily living and also considers the acquisition and quality of motor performance 81 …”

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“…43 Motor impairment was determined using various measurement instruments. The most frequently applied measurements were the MABC 44 and the MABC, Second Edition 45 (n=22) 21,22,[25][26][27][28][29][30][32][33][34][35][36][37][39][40][41][42][43]46,47 and the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 48 (n=8). [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Other tests concerned the ALSPAC Coordination Test, which had been derived from the MABC (n=3), 23,24,57,58 the BOTMP 59 (n=2), 31,38 and the Neuromuscular Development Index derived from the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development 60 (n=1).…”

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Risk factors in early life for developmental coordination disorder: a scoping review

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Schoemaker

Stuive³

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Develop Med Child Neuro

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“…A great deal of previous studies have employed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) for assessing preterm populations [6] , and for DCD diagnosis [7] . Application of the entire battery in a regular consultation is not always feasible because it requires a lot of time and effort.…”

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Psychomotor development in very and extremely low-birth-weight preterm children: Could it be predicted by early motor milestones and perinatal complications?

Fernández-Baizán

Alcántara-Canabal²,

Méndez

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<abstract> Preterm-born children are at risk of slower psychomotor development. This risk may be associated with low birth weight and other perinatal factors and morbidities. We aimed to assess psychomotor development in school-aged preterm children, and to determine whether some early motor and perinatal variables could be related to and/or predict the later motor achievements. Parents of 54 very low-birth-weight preterm, 24 extremely low-birth-weight preterm and 96 control children completed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2-C) checklist and were interviewed about the motor milestones of their children. Significant differences were found between the preterm and control groups in the MABC-2-C results. MABC-2-C outcomes were significantly predicted by the age of crawling, the use of steroids, mechanical ventilation and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). The use of screening tools may allow the rapid identification of psychomotor development delays. The presence of some perinatal risk factors and some motor milestone attainments could be related to motor development in the later childhood of preterm children. </abstract>

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Evaluation of coordination and balance in preterm children

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References 28 publications

Influence of body mobility on attention networks in school-aged prematurely born children: A controlled trial

Influence of body mobility on attention networks in school-aged prematurely born children: A controlled trial

Risk factors in early life for developmental coordination disorder: a scoping review

Psychomotor development in very and extremely low-birth-weight preterm children: Could it be predicted by early motor milestones and perinatal complications?

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