Manual ability may be an important consideration when measuring cognition in children with CP because many items on cognitive tests require fine motor skills. This study investigated the association of dependent (FMD) and independent (FMI) within domain (COG) Bayley Scales Infant Development—Third Edition (Bayley-III) Ability Classification System (MACS) cerebral palsy. Children aged 2 to 8 (3....

Prenatal maternal mental distress is increasingly associated with adverse outcomes in fetal brain development. However, the association between prenatal and neonatal growth as well infants’ long-term neurodevelopment remains unclear. This study aims to determine stress, anxiety, depression postnatal infant neurodevelopmental at 18 months. We prospectively recruited women normal pregnancies. wer...

OBJECTIVE To compare the structural growth and developmental outcome of children born to mothers diagnosed with major depressive disorder during pregnancy who were exposed or not exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in utero. STUDY DESIGN Children whose mothers were diagnosed with major depressive disorder in pregnancy and elected not to take medication (n = 13) were com...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship of scores on the test of infant motor performance (TIMP), with those on the Bayley scales of infant development (BSID), and to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of TIMP and the optimal cut-off value of TIMP scores using ROC analysis. METHOD Seventy-six preterm and term infants were recruited from neonatal intensive care units. Subjects were teste...

OBJECTIVE To obtain reliability and applicability of the Korean version Bayley Scale of Infant Development-II (BSID-II) in evaluating the developmental status of children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHODS The inter-rater reliability of BSID-II scores from 68 children with CP (46 boys and 22 girls; mean age, 32.54±16.76 months; age range, 4 to 78 months) was evaluated by 10 pediatric occupatio...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the intelligence seven needle therapy administered in infants with perinatal brain damage syndrome (BDS) as early intervention would improve patients' neural development. METHODS A randomized controlled trial was conducted. Sixty-four infants with BDS were randomly assigned to two groups: the comprehensive group and the control group. Both groups received routine e...

OBJECTIVE Bayley Scales of infant & toddler development is a well-known diagnostic developmental assessment tool for children aged 1-42 months. Our aim was investigating the validity & reliability of this scale in Persian speaking children. MATERIALS & METHODS The method was descriptive-analytic. Translation- back translation and cultural adaptation was done. Content & face validity of transl...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Infant formula is supplemented with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) because they are hypothesized to improve cognition. Several randomized controlled clinical trials have examined the effect of LCPUFA supplementation of infant formula on cognitive development. We conducted this meta-analysis to examine the efficacy of LCPUFA supplementation of infant fo...