| Autor: |
Elliman, Alison M, Bryan, Elizabeth M, Elliman, Anthony D, Harvey, David R |
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Pediatric Research; August 1988, Vol. 24 Issue: 2 p267-267, 1p |
| Abstrakt: |
As part of a larger study, hand-eye coordination was measured in a group of low birthweight (LBW) (BW2000g) 7 year olds attending normal school, and a control group of normal birth-weight children selected from local schools. Children with cerebral palsy were excluded. The distribution of sex, social class and race was similar in the two groups but there were significantly more first surviving and only children in the LBW group (p<.005). LBW children were less good at finger-nose pointing (p<.01), diadochokinesis (p≪.001) and finger opposition using both hands simultaneously (p<.05). There was no significant difference in the ability to throw a ball up and catch it, but LBW children were less able to clap while the ball was in the air (p<.001). Within the LBW group there was no significant difference between children of different birth weight, sex or gestation, but children who were appropriate for gestational age (AGA) were better at diadochokinesis than those who were small for gestational age (p<.05). These findings show that LBW children are less good at hand-eye coordination than children of normal birthweight* |
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