BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether joint mobility is associated with motor performance in children referred for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD-group) in contrast to a randomly selected group of children between 3-16 years of age (Random-Group). METHODS 36 children with DCD and 352 typically developing children (Random-Group) participated. Hypermobility was...

Abstract In recent years, numerous researchers examined and analyzed several different types of uncertainty in shortest path (SP) problems. However, those SP problems which the costs arcs are expressed terms mixed interval-valued fuzzy numbers less addressed. Here, for solving such uncertain problems, first a new procedure is extended to approximate summation using alpha cuts. Then, an distance...

• The service-learning programme was beneficial for all the parties involved. Families and PETE students agreed on positive impact of programme. experimental group improved significantly moderate physical activity. ASD children their motor skills. Background. Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have few opportunities to engage in activity, which affects already limited social Different...

AIM The primary aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and Neuro-Sensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA) over the first year of life for predicting motor impairment at 4 years in preterm children. The secondary aims were to assess the predictive value of serial assessments over the first year and when using a combination of these two as...

OBJECTIVE This observational cohort study addressed the hypothesis that after preterm delivery brain growth between 24 and 44 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) is related to global neurocognitive ability in later childhood. METHODS Growth rates for cerebral volume and cortical surface area were estimated in 82 infants without focal brain lesions born before 30 weeks PMA by using 217 magnetic reso...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of maternal vitamin A supplementation from preconception through postpartum on cognitive and motor development of children at 10-13 years of age in rural Nepal. DESIGN Follow-up assessment of children born to women randomly assigned by a village to receive either supplemental vitamin A (7000 µg retinol equivalents) or placebo weekly during a continuous 3.5-y...

This paper considers amplify-and-forward (AF) two-way relay networks, where an energy constrained relay node harvests energy from the received radio-frequency signal. Based on time switching (TS) receiver, we separate the energy harvesting (EH) phase and the information processing (IP) phase in time. In the EH phase, three practical wireless power transfer policies are proposed: 1) dual-source ...

Background Approximately 5%-10% of elementary school children show delayed development fine motor skills. To address these problems, detection is required. Current assessment tools are time-consuming, require a trained supervisor, and not motivating for children. Sensor-augmented toys machine learning have been presented as possible solutions to this problem. Objective This study examines wheth...