Abstract

SANTOS, Ana Paula Maurilia dos et al. Biopsychosocial factors contributing to delayed motor development in children: a longitudinal study. J. Hum. Growth Dev. [online]. 2016, vol.26, n.1, pp. 112-118. ISSN 0104-1282.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.113787.

INTRODUCTION: Biopsychosocial conditions may influence childhood motor skill acquisition. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the biopsychosocial profiles of children with delayed motor development. METHODS: Employ quantitative descriptive research under longitudinal analysis. Seventeen students with motor development classified as lower than expected after two evaluations were investigated. A biopsychosocial questionnaire was applied to analyse risk factors in the form of an interview for the parents, and the Motor Development Scale (MDS) was applied to evaluate subject motor patterns. RESULTS: Biological and environmental risk factors, such as difficulties in school learning and low socioeconomic status may have contributed to delays in motor development. CONCLUSION: Childhood motor development may be influenced by biological and environmental risk factors such as gestational age at birth, type of birth, family socioeconomic status, and parental education level.

Keywords : motor skills; child development; social conditions.

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