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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 9-15Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200202000-00002
Keywords
motor development; preterm; infants
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Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is defined as an impairment in the development of motor coordination that interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily living (DSM-IV). DCD has been reported to affect 5% to 9% of children in the normal population. This! study describes the prevalence of DCD in a cohort of extremely low birth weight children (ELBW, less than or equal to800 g) at 8.9 years of age, from which were excluded children with major impairments. Seventy-three children were included in the study group, along with 18 term-born, socially matched controls. Of the 73 ELBW children, 37 (51%) were classified as having DCD. ELBW children with DCD also had significantly lower Performance IQ (PIQ) scores and were more likely (43%) to have a learning difficulty in arithmetic than ELBW children who did not have DCD. This study found that DCD is a common problem in school-aged ELBW children.
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