Alicia J Spittle, Deborah Dewey, Thi-Nhu-Ngoc Nguyen, Rachel Ellis, Alice Burnett, Amanda Kwong, Katherine Lee, Jeanie Ly Cheong, Lex W Doyle, Peter J Anderson
OBJECTIVE: To examine the stability of developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) throughout childhood in children born very preterm and term. Further, in the VPT group, to compare perinatal variables and neurobehavioral outcomes at 13 years for children with persisting DCD and those with typical motor development. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective study of 180 VPT and 73 term-born children assessed at five, seven and/or 13-years using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, with scores ≤16th centile used to classify DCD...
December 16, 2020: Journal of Pediatrics