NIH R01 · 2024
Predictive ability of early somatosensory processing in preterm children on later motor development
Project Summary Children who are born preterm are at a high risk for developing sensorimotor deficits. Though a majority of children born preterm do not have a neuromuscular diagnosis such as cerebral palsy, many have mild to moderate motor delays. These motor delays fall under the diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder or developmental dyspraxia, a condition with difficulties in motor planning and coordination, that is theoretically linked to somatosensory deficits. We hypothesize that deficit in somatosensory processing may precede this diagnosis in preterm children, but these deficits are not identified due to a lack of reliable and valid assessment methods for use with young…
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