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DCD and PreTerm Low Birth Weight Babies

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research comparing 132 eight year old children born at 27 weeks or less or less than 1000 grams with 154 term born children. Sixteen percent of the extremely preterm or extreme low birth weight babies had moderate developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Only five percent of the full term babies had DCD. The children with DCD had poorer academic outcomes for reading, spelling and arithmetic. Results from the Child Health Questionnaire Parent Report Form indicated that parents perceptions were not predictive of DCD. The authors recommend motor screens in this at risk population.

Reference: GEHAN et al. Developmental coordination disorder in geographic cohorts of 8-year-old children born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight in the 1990s. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Article first published online: 11 OCT 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03779.x

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Developmental Coordination Disorder and Functional Skills

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Researchers in Taiwan determined that children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and suspected DCD perform significantly lower on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and School Function Assessment when compared to typically developing peers. This indicated that the children with DCD and suspected DCD exhibit inadequate functional skills at home and school.

Limitations of the study is that the sample was on Taiwanese children and all of the standardized testing was done with the Chinese version.

The study does give us information as to the degree of how developmental coordination disorder effects children in their functional activities.

Reference: TIEN-NI WANG, MEI-HUI TSENG, BRENDA N WILSON, FU-CHANG HU
Functional performance of children with developmental coordination disorder at home and at school Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2009 1469-8749 0012-1622
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03271.x US: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03271.x

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