Do visual impairments affect risk of motor problems in preterm and term low birth weight adolescents?

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-56

  Evensen, Kari Anne I ^a,c   Lindqvist, Susanne ^a,c   Indredavik, Marit S ^b,c   Skranes, Jon ^a,c   Brubakk, Ann Mari ^a,c   Vik, Torstein ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Motor problems; Small for gestational age; Very low birth weight; Visual impairments

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 57449102805     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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