Preterm children have unfavorable motor, cognitive, and functional performance when compared to term children of preschool age

OBJECTIVE: to compare the motor coordination, cognitive, and functional development of preterm and term children at the age of 4 years. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional study of 124 four-year-old children, distributed in two different groups, according to gestational age and birth weight, pa...

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Main Authors: Eliane F. Maggi, Lívia C. Magalhães, Alexandre F. Campos, Maria Cândida F. Bouzada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572014000400377&lng=en&tlng=en