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NEUROLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF 5‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN WITH LOW BIRTHWEIGHT
Author(s) -
BJERRE INGRID
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03937.x
Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , medicine , pediatrics , epilepsy , gestation , low birth weight , gestational age , motor coordination , neurological examination , motor impairment , birth weight , motor skill , pregnancy , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , psychiatry , biology , genetics
Bjerre, I. (Department of Paediatrics, Malmo General Hospital, Malmo, Sweden). Neurological investigation of 5‐year‐old children with low birthweight. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64: 859, 1975.–139 children with a low birthweight (LBW), i.e. not more than 2500 g, were examined at 5 years of age in respect of their neurological status, with special reference to motor coordination according to Touwen & Prechtl. 5 (3.6%) children had cerebral palsy; 13 (9.4%), minimal brain dysfunction; 38 (27.3%), delayed motor maturation; and 83 (59.7%), normal motor development and normal neurological status. Impairment of hearing and of vision, epilepsy and mental retardation were more common in children with cerebral palsy and MBD, Children with MBD and delayed motor maturation had a lower IQ, as judged from the draw‐a‐mantest according to Goodenough than children with normal neurological status. Cerebral palsy was found in children with a very low birthweight and short gestational age. Other findings were equally distributed among groups classified by weight and duration of gestation.