Journal article
Developmental coordination disorder in geographic cohorts of 8-year-old children born extremely preterm or extremely low birthweight in the 1990s
G Roberts, PJ Anderson, N Davis, C De Luca, J Cheong, LW Doyle
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2011
Abstract
Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) at the age of 8 years in a geographic cohort of extremely preterm or extremely-low-birthweight (EP/ELBW) children and a term-born comparison group, as well as associated academic outcomes, parents' perceptions of motor performance, and changes in prevalence during the 1990s. Method: Moderate DCD was defined as a score below the 5th centile on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children in children without cerebral palsy or intellectual impairment. DCD rates were compared in a group of 132 8-year-old children born in 1997 at 22 to 27 weeks' gestation or birthweight of less than 1000g (49% mal..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work is published on behalf of the Victorian Infant Study Group, which was involved in data collection at the various study sites. This work was partly funded by the Victorian Government. Dr Roberts is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council post-doctoral fellowship (No. 607384) and a Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine grant (No. 546519).