Journal article
Body structure, function, activity, and participation in 3- to 6-year-old children born very preterm: An ICF-based systematic review and meta-analysis
TL FitzGerald, AKL Kwong, JLY Cheong, JL McGinley, LW Doyle, AJ Spittle
Physical Therapy | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1093/PTJ/PZY050
Abstract
Background. The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health framework, Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY), provides a valuable method of conceptualizing the multidomain difficulties experienced by children born very preterm (VP). Reviews investigating motor outcomes at preschool age across ICF-CY domains are lacking. Purpose. The purpose of this review is to identify and compare motor outcomes of 3- to 6-year-old children born VP and children born full-term (FT) within the ICF-CY framework. Data Sources. Four electronic databases and reference lists of included and key articles were searched. Study Selection. Studies comparing motor outcom..
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Awarded by Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Funding Acknowledgements
This work is supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Centre of Research Excellence, ref. no. 1060733; Early Career Fellowship, ref. no. 1053787 to J.LY. Cheong; Career Development Fellowship, ref. no. 1108714 to A.J. Spittle) and from the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. T.L. FitzGerald's PhD candidature is supported by The Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and the Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine. A.K.L. Kwong's PhD candidature is supported by The Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, the Centre of Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine, and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.