background and objective: achievement of motor skills is an important part of childhood development. there are some scales that commonly used for preschool-aged children including peabody developmental motor scales, 2nd edition (pdms-2). a cross sectional study designed to compare motor skills of high risk and normal infants of 3 to 6 months of age. methods: in this case control study, 45 high ...

objectives: this study aimed to compare the combination of cimt and bim training with cimt in fine motor skills of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. methods: 24 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged between 60 and 120 months participated in this rct study. they were randomly assigned into cimt and bim training (n=12, four males, eight females mean age±standard deviation=93.58±14.2...

OBJECTIVE This study examined the construct validity of the In-Hand Manipulation Test (IMT) by assessing the test's ability to discriminate between samples of children with and without known fine motor problems. METHOD The IMT was administered to 55 children without known fine motor problems and 24 children with spastic diplegia who had mild to moderate fine motor problems. Construct validity...

OBJECTIVE This article was designed to investigate effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on motor development of young children from a predominately underprivileged, urban population. METHODOLOGY A total of 260 infants and young children were initially recruited from either the newborn nursery or the at-risk pediatric clinic of an urban teaching hospital. Prenatal history and birth outcomes we...

The aim of the present study was an in-depth analysis of fine motor skills of the hands in elderly women from different socio-cultural backgrounds. The research also included analysis of the associations of age with the variables assessing right- and left-hand motor skills and its effect on hand performance asymmetry. The study examined 486 women over the age of 60. The study measured dominant ...

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the combination of CIMT and BIM training with CIMT in Fine Motor Skills of Children with Hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Methods: 24 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy aged between 60 and 120 months participated in this RCT study. They were randomly assigned into CIMT and BIM training (n=12, four males, eight females mean age±standard deviation=93.58±1...

Background: Toddlers with celiac disease are at risk of developmental delay due to frequent hospitalization and food deprivation. But an appropriate program to improve development of these children does not exist. Aim: Determination of the effect of a developmental stimulation program on development of toddlers’ fine motor skills. Methods: This clinical trial conducted on 50 eligible 1-3 year-o...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that fine motor skills have on handwriting legibility in children of preschool age. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects of this study were 52 children of normal growth and development. In order to ascertain handwriting legibility, a Korean alphabet writing assessment was used; to measure fine motor skills, fine motor precision and ma...

OBJECTIVE To assess motor proficiency and movement disorders in children with mild traumatic brain injury compared with an uninjured control group. Inclusion criteria were based on the definitions issued by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. SUBJECTS A group of 27 children with mild traumatic brain injury (age range 4-17 years) and a control group of 79 healthy children. METH...