Asymmetry in Infancy; Outcome at five years of age: skull shape, motor development, range of motion cervical spine and perception.

Completed

Conditions: groei en motorische ontwikkeling
positional preference
skull deformation
10005959

Registration Number: NL-OMON32457

Lead Sponsor: niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 234

Inclusion Criteria

Trans sectional study of 234 children of a cohort of 312 children (expected respons 75%) who followed the prospectiev cohort study Asymmetry in Infancy in Veghel, The Netherlands in the period dec 2004-sept 2007. The parents of all 312 children agreed with a future call for follow up assessments at five years the age, when they finished the initial studiy at 24 months of age. The assessement data at the ages 0 and 7 weeks, 6, 12 and 24 months of age will operate as baseline data.
Inclusion: all of 312 children of the last assessments at 24 months of age will be called and with an expected respons of 75% we will assess 234 children.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with syndromal diseases.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Data collection:<br /><br><br /><br>Possible determinants are gathered: child factors (age, gender), environmental<br /><br>factors (family, sleep, feeding), educational factors (positioning at day and<br /><br>night time), activities, intervention (pediatric physical therapy),<br /><br>anthropometric variables and motor development.<br /><br><br /><br>Primary outcome at five years of age:<br /><br>Skull shape by using plagiocephalometry.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secundary outcome at five years of age:<br /><br>1. Qualitative and quantitative motor development by using the M-ABC II test.<br /><br>2. Cervical range of motion by using an arthrodial protractor (goniometry).<br /><br>3. Perception: questionnaires regarding asymmetry, skull deformation and motor<br /><br>development.</p><br>