Background: The first year of life is the most important period of an extra uterine brain development requires environmental stimulation for developmental capabilities expression. Mean while, due to the repeated environmental disparity, nursery children are at great risk of developmental delay. Aim: To determine the effect of an evidence-based care package on infant gross motor development. Met...

Beaulieu‐Boycott‐Innes Syndrome (BBIS) which is an autosomal recessive disorder is defined by dysmorphic facial features and developmental delay. In this case study, we used the Age and Stages Questionnaire 2 (ASQ-2) for assessment of the developmental status of an Iranian 20-month-old girl displaying a complex BBIS phenotype. Rehabilitation interventions were designed and performed focusing on...

The basic level of postural control is functionally active from early infancy onwards: young infants possess a repertoire of direction-specific postural adjustments. Whether or not direction-specific adjustments are used depends on the child's age and the nature of the postural task. The second level of control emerges after 3 months: children start to develop the capacity to adapt postural act...

objectives: down syndrome (ds) is the most common multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with a developmental disability. children with down syndrome have delay in both motor and mental age. this study carried out to explore relationship between mental and motor age of children with ds. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 participants with ds (5 to 7 years old) using r...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, kheizrian l, kheradmand z, damadi s, khajeh a. evaluation of the young children with neurodevelopmental disability: a prospective study at hamadan university of medical sciences clinics. iran j child neurol. 2013 winter; 7 (1):29-33.   objective developmental impairment is a common problem in children health that occurs in approximately 5–10% of the childhoo...

This study assessed motor delay in young children 21-41 months of age with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and compared motor scores in children with ASD to those of children without ASD. Fifty-six children (42 boys, 14 girls) were in three groups: children with ASD, children with developmental delay (DD), and children with developmental concerns without motor delay. Descriptive analysis showed...

how to cite this article: zamani gh, shervin badv r, niksirat a, alizadeh h. cns structural anomalies in iranian children with global developmental delay. iran j child neurol. 2013 winter; 7 (1):25-28.   objective central nervous system (cns) malformations are one of the most important causes of global developmental delay (gdd) in children. about one percent of infants with gdd have an inherite...

Objectives: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with a developmental disability. Children with Down syndrome have delay in both motor and mental age. This study carried out to explore relationship between mental and motor age of children with DS. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 participants with DS (5 to 7 years old) usin...