Neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy: Motor impairment beyond cerebral palsy

CONCLUSIONS: Children with neonatal HIE, without CP, treated with hypothermia may be more likely to develop MND and motor difficulties than typically developing peers. Inattention may contribute to motor performance. In the absence of CP, neonatal MRI and toddler age assessment of motor development have limited predictive value for school-age outcome. Since this was an exploratory study with a small sample size, findings should be confirmed by a definite larger study.PMID:34666231 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.10.005

Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology - October 19, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Gergo Erdi-Krausz Ruben Rocha Alice Brown Archana Myneni Finn Lennartsson Andrea Romsauerova Rina Cianfaglione Caroline J Edmonds Brigitte Vollmer Source Type: research