The ability of general movements to predict motor function at school age in healthy, term born children.

Sijtsma, A. (Anna) (2009) The ability of general movements to predict motor function at school age in healthy, term born children. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

Background General movement in infants predict neurological outcome, in particular cerebral palsy (CP). During this period, the motor repertoire also consists of a large variety of other movements and postural patterns, the so-called concurrent motor repertoire. Besides detecting CP, these movement have some predictive value for MND. Most of the previous studies have investigated preterm and term born high-risk children. Little is known about the development of movement patterns and their predictive value in healthy term born children at school age. Aims To investigate the relation between the early motor repertoire at the age of 3 months post term and motor function at school age in healthy, term born children. Method All children (n=88) who were videotaped between 9 and 16 weeks post term age (mean age 13.1 (+/- 1.85) weeks) in the University Medical Centre Groningen were invited at school age to participate in an extensive follow-up program. The follow up group (n=65) had a mean age of 6.0 ( +/- 0.49) years and 63o/o were boys. The relation of the FMs and the concurrent motor repertoire with the outcomes of theM-ABC and the DCD-Q was analyzed. Results and conclusions Our data suggests that in healthy term born children, the motor function at school age is associated with the early motor repertoire at 3 months, this concerns especially the quality and to some extent the temporal organization of the FMs, individual postural patterns, predominant fisting and the quality of the concurrent motor repertoire.

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Bos, Prof. dr. A.F. and Greef, Dr. M.H.G. de
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 10:40
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 10:40
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/190

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