Motor activity at age one year does not predict ADHD at seven years

Johnson, Paul C. D.; Ahamat, Boolang; McConnachie, Alex; Puckering, Christine; Marwick, Helen; Furnivall, Daniel; Marwick, Robbie; Gillberg, Christopher; Heron, Jon; Wilson, Philip

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“…The clinical diagnosis of ADHD was either based on the criteria of the DSM-IV or the ICD-10. In these studies, children with ADHD showed atypical motor development detectable in the first 9 months [47], but not as late as 12 months, when compared to typically developing infants.…”

Section: Diagnosis Of Adhd and Early Motor Signsmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Four of nine studies presented included a formal diagnosis of ADHD through a psychiatric assessment [36,42,47,48]. The clinical diagnosis of ADHD was either based on the criteria of the DSM-IV or the ICD-10.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some authors suggest that increased activity in infancy could be considered an early sign of ADHD [38,[41][42][43][44][45]. However, other researchers argue that the quality of movements in infancy per se does not predict the disorder [46][47][48].…”

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Early motor signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

Athanasiadou

Buitelaar

Brovedani

et al. 2019

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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ADHD is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with onset of symptoms typically in early childhood. First signs of the disorder, including language delay, motor delay and temperament characteristics, may be evident as early as infancy. The present review describes published evidence about early motor signs of either children with later symptoms of ADHD or a later diagnosis of the disorder. Nine published cohort studies were included after a systematic search of related terms in PubMed and PsycInfo databases. Study eligibility criteria included: (1) report on early motor function or any motor-related signs;(2) the presence of a participants' assessment by/at 12 months of age; (3) report of a later presence of ADHD symptoms. The limited number of reports included suggests an association between mild early neurological markers and later developmental coordination disorder and motor overflow movements. Unfortunately, due to their small sample sizes and focus on group reports rather than individuals, they have limited power to find strong associations. Early motor indicators of ADHD, if present, appear to be non-specific, and therefore not yet useful in clinical screening. Spontaneous motility seems to be a promising measure for early ADHD detection, although further studies with large cohorts are recommended to determine its clinical role in children at risk for ADHD.

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Section: Diagnosis Of Adhd and Early Motor Signsmentioning

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Early motor signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

Athanasiadou

Buitelaar

Brovedani

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Delays in gross motor milestones have also been measured from 3 months in infants who developed ADHD traits (Gurevitz et al, 2012); however, the ADHD group appeared to perform at the extremes, with some infants showing particularly early achievement of milestones (see also Jaspers et al, 2013). Although increased activity level is a characteristic feature of children with ADHD, a recent study found no relation between activity level coded from videotape at 12 months and ADHD at 7 years (Johnson et al, 2014).…”

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Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Therefore, in order to change the trajectory for such individuals, and thereby potentially reducing excess mortality, earlier detection of ADHD should be a priority [ 4 ]. However, identifying ADHD at an early stage is challenging [ 5 – 7 ], particularly because the etiology of the disorder remains unclear [ 8 , 9 ]. If the etiology was known, assessment of etiological risk factors could lead to earlier diagnosis and identification of children at high risk for developing ADHD.…”

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Predicting ADHD by Assessment of Rutter’s Indicators of Adversity in Infancy

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BackgroundAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder with early onset. ADHD is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, partly due to delayed diagnosis. Identification of children at high risk for developing ADHD could lead to earlier diagnosis and potentially change the negative trajectory of the illness for the better. Since early psychosocial adversity is considered to be a likely etiological risk factor for ADHD, markers of this construct may be useful for early identification of children at high risk. Therefore, we sought to investigate whether Rutter’s indicators of adversity (low social class, severe marital discord, large family size, paternal criminality, maternal mental disorder, and placement in out-of-home care) assessed in infancy could serve as early predictors for the development of ADHD.Methods and FindingsUsing data from the Danish nationwide population-based registers, we established a cohort consisting of all 994,407 children born in Denmark between January 1st 1993 and December 31st 2011 and extracted dichotomous values for the six Rutter’s indicators of adversity at age 0–12 months (infancy) for each cohort member. The cohort members were followed from their second birthday and the association between the sum of Rutter’s indicators of adversity (RIA-score) in infancy and subsequent development of ADHD was estimated by means of Cox regression. Also, the number needed to screen (NNS) to detect one case of ADHD based on the RIA-scores in infancy was calculated. During follow-up (9.6 million person-years), 15,857 males and 5,663 females from the cohort developed ADHD. For both males and females, there was a marked dose-response relationship between RIA-scores assessed in infancy and the risk for developing ADHD. The hazard ratios for ADHD were 11.0 (95%CI: 8.2–14.7) and 11.4 (95%CI: 7.1–18.3) respectively, for males and females with RIA-scores of 5–6, compared to males and females with RIA-scores of 0. Among males with RIA-scores of 5–6, 37.6% (95%CI: 27.0–50.7) had been diagnosed with ADHD prior to the age of 20, corresponding to a NNS of 3.0 (95%CI: 2.2–4.0).ConclusionsRutter’s indicators of adversity assessed in infancy strongly predicted ADHD. This knowledge may be important for early identification of ADHD.

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Motor activity at age one year does not predict ADHD at seven years

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Early motor signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review

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