The association between the early motor repertoire and language development in term children born after normal pregnancy

Salavati, Sahar; Einspieler, Christa; Vagelli, Giulia; Zhang, Dajie; Pansy, Jasmin; Burgerhof, Johannes G. M.; Marschik, Peter B.; Bos, Arend F.

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.05.006

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“…No clear evidence of a relationship between fine motor skills at 6 months and communication skills at 24 months and gross motor skills at 12 months and communication skills at 24 months was found. The current findings partly confirm prior results that have focused on the predictive relations between earlier emerging motor skills and subsequent communication development (He et al, 2015; Leonard & Hill, 2014; Libertus & Violi, 2016; Salavati et al, 2017; Walle & Campos, 2014; Wang et al, 2014). Our findings add to this growing evidence for motor–communication associations.…”

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Motor skills and later communication development in early childhood: Results from a population‐based study

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Kalleson

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Background Motor milestones in infancy are important developmental markers, not only for later motor skills but also for more widespread social, cognitive, and communication development. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between fine and gross motor development in infants at 6 and 12 months of age and communication skills at 24 months of age. Methods The Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ‐II) was used to measure gross motor, fine motor, and communication skills in a large population‐based sample of 1,555 infants, recruited from well‐baby clinics in five municipalities in South‐Eastern Norway. Of these, 557 children had valid values of gross and fine motor scores at 6 and 12 months and for communication score at 24 months. The relationships between motor skills at 6 and 12 months and communication skills at 24 months were analysed using a linear regression analysis. Results Gross motor skills at 6 months were positively associated with communication skills at 24 months (coefficients 0.09, p = 0.036) and fine motor skills at 12 months were positively associated with communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.23, p < 0.001). We did not find clear evidence for a relationship between gross motor skills at 12 months and communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.05, p = 0.126) or between fine motor skills at 6 months and communication skills at 24 months (coefficient 0.08, p = 0.098). Conclusion The present study supports previous research showing associations between early motor development and later communication development in infancy. Targeted intervention should be considered with at‐risk infants.

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Motor skills and later communication development in early childhood: Results from a population‐based study

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“…One of these region pairs-the angular and inferior frontal gyri-mediates aspects of cognition and auditory language comprehension in older children and adults [31,32], suggesting that motor behavior in infancy is related to subsequent language development. The observation that higher MOSs in infancy are associated with better expressive, but not receptive, language at four and ten years of age [7] supports this idea.…”

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“…While children born preterm with normal FMs are unlikely to develop cerebral palsy [1], infants with normal FMs but without smooth and fluent (i.e., normal) movement character are at increased risk for other important developmental abnormalities at as late as 10 years of age. Abnormalities include reduced cerebral white matter volumes [6], decreased cognition [7], poorer performance on expressive language tests [7], and the development of complex minor neurologic dysfunction [8]. Decreased MOS performance has also been associated with worse cognitive outcomes in very low birth weight (<1500 g) infants at 10 years of age [9] and with adverse neurological outcome in preterm infants at 7-11 years of age [10].…”

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Correlates of Normal and Abnormal General Movements in Infancy and Long-Term Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants: Insights from Functional Connectivity Studies at Term Equivalence

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Fjørtoft

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Preterm infants born before 32 weeks gestation have increased risks for neurodevelopmental impairment at two years of age. How brain function differs between preterm infants with normal or impaired development is unknown. However, abnormal spontaneous motor behavior at 12-15 weeks post-term age is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment. We imaged brain blood oxygen level-dependent signals at term-equivalent age in 62 infants born at <32 weeks gestation and explored whether resting state functional connectivity (rsFC) differed with performances on the General Movement Assessment (GMA) at 12-15 weeks, and Bayley III scores at two years of corrected age. Infants with aberrant general movements exhibited decreased rsFC between the basal ganglia and regions in parietal and frontotemporal lobes. Infants with normal Bayley III cognitive scores exhibited increased rsFC between the basal ganglia and association cortices in parietal and occipital lobes compared with cognitively impaired children. Infants with normal motor scores exhibited increased rsFC between the basal ganglia and visual cortices, compared with children with motor impairment. Thus, the presence of abnormal general movements is associated with region-specific differences in rsFC at term. The association of abnormal long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes with decreased rsFC between basal ganglia and sub-score specific cortical regions may provide biomarkers of neurodevelopmental trajectory and outcome.

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“…Despite the neurodevelopmental predictive information about GMA in the literature (2,7,11,12,13), it is important to note that the etiology, the nature, and location of the lesion in the CNS are important while conducting a neurodevelopmental study on motor involvement. Making a diagnosis of CP in a patient does not reflect a real medical diagnosis.…”

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Correlation of Prechtl Qualitative Assessment of General Movement Analysis with Neurological Evaluation: The Importance of Inspection in Infants

Akçakaya¹,

Altunalan²,

Doğan³

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Objective: Motor development is at the forefront of evaluation of neurodevelopmental functions in the first 6 months of life. Significant spontaneous movement patterns of infants are called general movements. General movements are rough and complex movements involving the entire body. Prechtl qualitative assesment of general movements (GMA) can be performed in the first 20 weeks. It has been reported that GMA can identify motor problems with 98% sensitivity. Our aim is to investigate the specificity and sensitivity of GMA in our series by comparing the results of GMA and neurological evaluation. Materials and Methods: Eighty infants who were less than 20 weeks old were included into the study. All infants were assessed with both neurological evaluation and video recording for the GMA at the Spastic Childrens Foundation of Turkey. As a standard technique; video recording was obtained in the GMA room of comfortably dressed infants when they were not sleepy or restless in the GMA room for 3-5 minutes in the supine position. The assessments were based on the corrected age for the preterm infants. Results: The GMA and neurological evaluation results were found to be incompatible with each other in only 8 of 80 infants. A total of 90 video recordings were made of the 80 infants. Our study revealed that GMA can identify the motor problems with 95.8% sensitivity and 87.5% specificity. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that GHA may be an independent method that can identify motor problems during infancy. This study has an importance because it is one of the few independent studies that was completed by a differentiated cerebral palsy center, where GMA is applied as a standard method.Amaç: Hayatın ilk 6 ayında nörogelişimsel olarak değerlendirilebilen işlevlerin başında motor gelişim gelir. Bebeklerin belirgin spontan hareket paternine genel hareketler denir. Genel hareketler bütün bedeni içeren kaba ve kompleks hareketlerdir. İlk 20 haftada uygulanabilen ve bebeğin genel hareketlerini değerlendiren Prechtl kalitatif genel hareket analizinin (GHA) %98 sensitivite ile bebekte motor problemleri yakalayabileceği bildirilmiştir. Amacımız GHA için video çekimi uygulanmış olan bebeklerin, GHA değerlendirme sonuçları ile nörolojik değerlendirmelerini karşılaştırarak GHA'nın özgüllük ve duyarlılığını kendi olgu serimizde araştırmaktır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Türkiye Spastik Çocuklar Vakfı'nda 20 haftasını doldurmamış GHA için video çekimi yapılmış ve nörolojik olarak değerlendirilmiş 80 bebek çalışmaya alınmıştır. Standart olarak GHA için rahat giydirilmiş uykulu ve huzursuz olmayan bebekler supin pozisyonda 3-5 dakika süre ile GHA odasında videoya alınmıştır. Değerlendirmelerde preterm bebeklerin düzeltilmiş yaşları esas alınmıştır. Bulgular: GHA ve nörolojik değerlendirmenin sadece 8 bebekte birbiri ile uyumlu olmadığı bulunmuştur. Çalışmamızda 80 bebeğe yapılan toplam 90 çekim ile kendi serimizde GHA'nın motor gelişim problemlerini %95,8 duyarlılık ve %87,5 özgüllükle ortaya koyduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç: Çalışmamız GHA'nın standa...

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The association between the early motor repertoire and language development in term children born after normal pregnancy

Abstract: Predominantly, qualitative aspects of the early motor repertoire at the age of 3 and 5months are associated with language development.

Cited by 43 publications

References 21 publications

Motor skills and later communication development in early childhood: Results from a population‐based study

Motor skills and later communication development in early childhood: Results from a population‐based study

Correlates of Normal and Abnormal General Movements in Infancy and Long-Term Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants: Insights from Functional Connectivity Studies at Term Equivalence

Correlation of Prechtl Qualitative Assessment of General Movement Analysis with Neurological Evaluation: The Importance of Inspection in Infants

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