Motor performance of HIV-positive children

Abstract

Introduction: Evidence indicates that HIV-positive children have a lower motor performance compared to uninfected children. The analysis of the factors that determine these changes is very important for the implementation of rehabilitation strategies. Objective: To analyze the motor development of seropositive children and compare it to the performance of healthy children with normal neuropsycomotor development. Materials and Methods: Eight children were evaluated, aged between four and six years, divided into two groups: Group I (n = 4) composed of HIV-positive children without any secondary disease and Group II (n = 4) composed of healthy children, matched to Group I by sex and age. The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS-2) for gross motor function and fine motor function were used to evaluate motor performance. Results: In both groups, most of the children presented an average or above average motor performance, according to normal data of PDMS-2. The analysis indicated no inter-group differences in the gross scores (p > 0,05, Mann-Whitney test) or motor quotients (p> 0.05, Mann-Whitney test). However, intra-group analysis indicated a marginally significant difference between motor quotients (p = 0,07, Wilcoxon test), with higher fine motor quotient in both

Visual motor integration delay in preschool children infected with HIV

“…Motor coordination scoring was a low average. The findings for MC in this study reflect those reported by Fraga-Sousa et al 48 that fine motor function in 5 year old children with HIV is relatively intact and not significantly different from that of typical children 48 . It must be noted that the scores obtained for VMI, VP and MC in this study reflect the findings of other studies in South Africa using the Beery DTVMI, In all the studies the participants obtained the lowest scores for VP and the highest scores for MC when compared to normative data from the test manual 18,34,42,43,49 .…”