Impact of Cerebral Visual Impairments on Motor Skills: Implications for Developmental Coordination Disorders
Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) has become the primary cause of visual impairment and blindness in children in industrialized countries. Its prevalence has increased sharply, due to increased survival rates of children who sustain severe neurological conditions during the perinatal period. Improved...
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| Published in: | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 7; p. 1471 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
04.10.2016
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| ISSN: | 1664-1078, 1664-1078 |
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| Summary: | Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) has become the primary cause of visual impairment and blindness in children in industrialized countries. Its prevalence has increased sharply, due to increased survival rates of children who sustain severe neurological conditions during the perinatal period. Improved diagnosis has probably contributed to this increase. As in adults, the nature and severity of CVI in children relate to the cause, location and extent of damage to the brain. In the present paper, we define CVI and how this impacts on visual function. We then define developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and discuss the link between CVI and DCD. The neuroanatomical correlates and aetiologies of DCD are also presented in relationship with CVI as well as the consequences of perinatal asphyxia (PA) and preterm birth on the occurrence and nature of DCD and CVI. This paper underlines why there are both clinical and theoretical reasons to disentangle CVI and DCD, and to categorize the features with more precision. In order to offer the most appropriate rehabilitation, we propose a systematic and rapid evaluation of visual function in at-risk children who have survived preterm birth or PA whether or not they have been diagnosed with cerebral palsy or DCD. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 This article was submitted to Cognitive Science, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Reviewed by: Joanne Sara Camp, University of Reading, UK; Johnny Padulo, Università degli Studi eCampus, Italy; Victoria Pueyo, University of Zaragoza, Spain Edited by: Snehlata Jaswal, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01471 |