title: Perinatal events and motor performance of children born with ELBW and nondisabled.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between perinatal variables and motor performance in children who were born with extremely low birth weight (ELBW) and were nondisabled at 1 and 4 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children without neurological or cognitive impairment (n = 48) born weighing less than 1000 g between 1992 and 1994 were assessed at 1 and 4 years corrected age using the Neurosensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA). Scores were used to categorize motor performance as normal or abnormal.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chronic lung disease (CLD) of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and patent ductus arteriosus were associated with NSMDA category at 1 year. Chronic lung disease, male gender, and NEC were associated with NSMDA category at 4 years. Multiple regression analyses revealed that CLD and NEC were independently associated with abnormal motor outcomes at 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early assessment and motor therapy is recommended for infants with CLD, because of its effect on motor performance in this otherwise healthy group of children born with ELBW.
authors.affiliation: Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. as_060384@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Asfarina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanudin
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Peter H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Danks
authors.forename: Leith
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poulsen
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Watter
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies