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Deficits in vision and visual attention associated with motor performance of very preterm/very low birth weight children.

Abstract：

AIM:To extend understanding of impaired motor functioning of very preterm (VP)/very low birth weight (VLBW) children by investigating its relationship with visual attention, visual and visual-motor functioning. METHODS:Motor functioning (Movement Assessment Battery for Children, MABC-2; Manual Dexterity, Aiming & Catching, and Balance component), as well as visual attention (attention network and visual search tests), vision (oculomotor, visual sensory and perceptive functioning), visual-motor integration (Beery Visual Motor Integration), and neurological status (Touwen examination) were comprehensively assessed in a sample of 106 5.5-year-old VP/VLBW children. Stepwise linear regression analyses were conducted to investigate multivariate associations between deficits in visual attention, oculomotor, visual sensory, perceptive and visual-motor integration functioning, abnormal neurological status, neonatal risk factors, and MABC-2 scores. RESULTS:Abnormal MABC-2 Total or component scores occurred in 23-36% of VP/VLBW children. Visual and visual-motor functioning accounted for 9-11% of variance in MABC-2 Total, Manual Dexterity and Balance scores. Visual perceptive deficits only were associated with Aiming & Catching. Abnormal neurological status accounted for an additional 19-30% of variance in MABC-2 Total, Manual Dexterity and Balance scores, and 5% of variance in Aiming & Catching, and neonatal risk factors for 3-6% of variance in MABC-2 Total, Manual Dexterity and Balance scores. CONCLUSION:Motor functioning is weakly associated with visual and visual-motor integration deficits and moderately associated with abnormal neurological status, indicating that motor performance reflects long term vulnerability following very preterm birth, and that visual deficits are of minor importance in understanding motor functioning of VP/VLBW children.

journal_name

Res Dev Disabil

journal_title

Research in developmental disabilities

authors

Geldof CJ,van Hus JW,Jeukens-Visser M,Nollet F,Kok JH,Oosterlaan J,van Wassenaer-Leemhuis AG

doi

10.1016/j.ridd.2016.02.008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-06-01 00:00:00

pages

258-66

eissn

0891-4222

issn

1873-3379

pii

S0891-4222(16)30028-2

journal_volume

53-54

pub_type

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Deficits in vision and visual attention associated with motor performance of very preterm/very low birth weight children.