A recent study indicates that the severity of periventricular leukomalacia as seen on infant MRI's are related to the ability to walk at 12 and 18 months of age but not the quality of walking.
Reference: Annick Ledebt, Geert J.P. Savelsbergh, Lilian T.L. Sie and Marjo S. van der Knaap Walking and periventricular leukomalacia: Locomotor characteristics and brain imaging (MRI)
