Comparison of psychomotor development screening test and clinical assessment of psychomotor development.

COMPARISON OF PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT SCREENING TEST AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT
OF PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT.
Acta Clin Croat. 2016 12;55(4):600-6
Authors: Radmilović G, Matijević V, Zavoreo I
Abstract
Numerous adverse factors are acting in the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal period
of life and may be the cause of later mild or severe deviations from normal psychomotor development.
Therefore, it is crucial to identify infants with neurological risk factors and infants that already have a
delay from orderly development, in order to immediately initiate the rehabilitation process. The aim of
this study was to determine whether there is difference in the assessment of psychomotor development
in neurological risk children based on the psychomotor development test (Croatian, Razvoj
psihomotorike, RPM test) and clinical evaluation of neuromotor development. RPM test is designed
for rough estimate of psychomotor development in children in the first two years of life. The study
included 15 full term children (8 male and 7 female) with clinical diagnosis of mild paraparesis and
mild deviation from normal psychological and social development, and 15 full term children (8 male
and 7 female) without neurological risk factors and deviations from normal psychomotor development,
all at the age of 12-24 months. Of the 15 children diagnosed with mild paraparesis, none had
delayed psychomotor development, 6.7% had suspect development and 93.3% had norm...

Source: Acta Clinica Croatica - November 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Tags: Acta Clin Croat Source Type: research