Relations between fine motor skill and parental report of attention in young children with neurofibromatosis type 1
| Autor: | Natalie G. Brei, Faye van der Fluit, Christy L. Casnar, Bonita P. Klein-Tasman, Kelly M. Janke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Parents congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities Neurofibromatosis 1 Developmental Disabilities Population Intelligence Motor Activity Neuropsychological Tests Affect (psychology) Developmental psychology Nonverbal communication medicine Humans Neurofibromatosis education Child Fine motor Psychiatric Status Rating Scales education.field_of_study Descriptive statistics Neuropsychology medicine.disease Fine motor skill Motor Skills Disorders Clinical Psychology Neurology Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Child Preschool Female Neurology (clinical) Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 36(9) |
| ISSN: | 1744-411X |
| Popis: | Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common genetic disorders presenting in approximately 1 in 3,500 live births. NF1 is a highly variable condition with a large number of complications. A common complication is neuropsychological problems, including developmental delays and learning difficulties that affect as many as 60% of patients. Research has suggested that school-aged children with NF1 often have poorer fine motor skills and are at greater risk for attention difficulties than the general population. Thirty-eight children with NF1 and 23 unaffected children between the ages of 4 and 6 years, who are enrolled in a study of early development in NF1, were included in the present study. Varying levels of fine motor functioning were examined (simple to complex fine motor tasks). For children with NF1, significant difficulties were demonstrated on lab-based mid-level and complex fine motor tasks, even after controlling for nonverbal reasoning abilities, but not on simple fine motor tasks. Parental report also indicated difficulties in everyday adaptive fine motor functioning. No significant correlations were found between complex fine motor ability and attention difficulties. This study provides much needed descriptive data on the early emergence of fine motor difficulties and attention difficulties in young children with NF1. |
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