Visuo-manual coordination in preterm infants without neurological impairments

The extent of and reasons for visuo-manual coordination deficits in moderate and late preterm born infants without neurological impairments are not well known. This paper presents a longitudinal study on the visuo-manual development of twelve preterm infants, born after 33–36 weeks of gestation with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Research in developmental disabilities Jg. 51-52; H. NA; S. 76 - 88
Hauptverfasser: Petkovic, Maja, Chokron, Sylvie, Fagard, Jacqueline
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
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Case-Control Studies
Child Development
Female
Functional Laterality
Gestational Age
Hand
Hand Strength
Handedness
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Muscle tone
Muscle Tonus
Preterm infants
Psychomotor Performance
Visual perception
Visuo-manual coordination
Handedness
Muscle tone
Visuo-manual coordination
Preterm infants
Visual perception
ISSN:0891-4222, 1873-3379, 1873-3379
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Zusammenfassung:The extent of and reasons for visuo-manual coordination deficits in moderate and late preterm born infants without neurological impairments are not well known. This paper presents a longitudinal study on the visuo-manual development of twelve preterm infants, born after 33–36 weeks of gestation without neurological complications, between the ages of 6 and 12 months. Visuo-manual integration and grasping were assessed using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, along with bimanual coordination and handedness tests. Visual function was examined once prior to the beginning of the study. Gross motor development was also evaluated every month. Preterm infants were compared to a control group of ten full-term infants according to corrected age. Compared to full-terms, the visual perception of preterm infants was close to normal, with only a measure of visual fixation lower than in full-terms. In contrast, preterm infants had delayed development of visuo-manual integration, grasping, bimanual coordination, and handedness even when compared using corrected age. Tonicity and gestational age at birth were the main variables associated to the delays. These results are discussed in terms of the possible factors underlying such delays. They need to be confirmed on a larger sample of preterm born children, and to be correlated with later development. This would allow developing markers of future neuropsychological impairments during childhood.
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ISSN:0891-4222
1873-3379
1873-3379
DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2016.01.010