title: A retrospective neurocognitive study in children with spastic diplegia.
abstract: The study presents the results on neonatal cranial ultrasonography (US) and later intelligence (Wechsler Intelligence Scale-Third Edition and Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised) and Neuropsychological assessments of 15 children with spastic diplegia. The assessments were undertaken when the children were 5 to 12 years of age. The children's IQ scores were, as a group, at the lower end of the normal distribution. The neuropsychological assessment indicated that deficits in visuomotor and visuospatial processing were characteristic of the children. No association was found between the neonatal cranial US findings and the IQ and neurocognitive scores. However, the cranial US findings strongly predicted functional motor limitations of the children.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Research Centre, Tampere University Hospital, TAUH, Finland. silja.pirila@pshp.fi
authors.forename: Silja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pirila
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Meere
authors.forename: Paivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Korhonen
authors.forename: Pirjo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruusu-Niemi
authors.forename: Mirkka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyntaja
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nieminen
authors.forename: Raija
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korpela
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011340:Problem Solving; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data