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1. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age of a national cohort of extremely low birth weight infants who were born in 1996-1997

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Mikkola, Kaija, Ritari, Niina, Tommiska, Viena, Salokorpi, Teija, Lehtonen, Liisa, Tammela, Outi, Paakkonen, Leena, Olsen, Paivi, Korkman, Marit, and Fellman, Vineta

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Life cycle, Human -- Research, Birth weight, Low -- Research, Birth weight, Low -- Care and treatment, Birth weight, Low -- Statistics, Birth weight, Low -- Analysis, Cohort analysis -- Statistics
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Objective. Increasing survival of extremely low birth weight (ELBW; birth weight Methods. Of all live-born ELBW infants (n = 351) who were delivered in the 2-year period 1996-1997 in Finland, 206 (59%) survived until the age of 5 years. Of these, 103 were born at Results. The rate of cognitive impairment in the ELBW survivors was 9%. The rate of cerebral palsy was 14% (19% of ELBW infants who were born at Being small for gestational age at birth was associated with suboptimal growth at least until age 5. Conclusions. Only one fourth of the ELBW infants were classified as normally developed at age 5. The high rate of cognitive dysfunction suggests an increased risk for learning difficulties that needs to be evaluated at a later age. Extended follow-up should be the rule in outcome studies of ELBW infant cohorts to elucidate the impact of immaturity on school achievement and social behavior later in life. extremely preterm infants, neurocognitive function, developmental follow-up, neurologic outcome, long-term outcome. ABBREVIATIONS. ELBW, extremely low birth weight; CP, cerebral palsy; GW, gestational weeks; SGA, small for gestational age; AGA, appropriate for gestational age; MND, minor neurological dysfunction; WPPSI-R, the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; NEPSY, Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio., The increasing survival of extremely low birth weight (ELBW; birth weight The aim of this prospective study was to assess the long-term outcome of a national population-based birth cohort of [...]

Published
2005

8. Is early occupational therapy in extremely preterm infants of benefit in the long run?

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Salokorpi, Teija, Rautio, Terttu, Kajantie, Eero, and Von Wendt, Lennart

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A total of 126 infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) were enrolled in a prospective case-control study in order to examine the effect of occupational therapy based on sensory integration (SI) and neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) on neurological development. The children were grouped as matched pairs on the basis of determined developmental risk scores assessed at the age of 3 months. The intervention children had a 6-month period of weekly occupational therapy from the corrected age of 6-12 months. The follow-up showed that the social development of the intervention children was significantly better at the age of 12 months, but at the age of 2 years the groups had equal developmental scores in neurological, neuropsychological and speech therapy assessments. The Miller assessment for pre-schoolers (MAP) performed in a total of 96 (92%) of the study children at the age of 4 years failed to demonstrate any significant differences between the groups. It is concluded that this amount of occupational therapy in ELBW infants does not have any detectable effect on long-term neurological development.

Published
2002
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9. Neurodevelopment until the adjusted age of 2 years in extremely low birth weight infants after early intervention—a case-control study

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Salokorpi, Teija, Sajaniemi, Nina, Pt, Irmeli Rajantie, Hallback, Hanna, Ot, Tuija Hamalainen, Rita, Hannu, and Von Wendt, Lennart

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A total of 104 infants with birth weights of less than 1000 grams were enrolled in this prospective case-control study in order to examine the effect of occupational therapy based on sensory integration (SI) and neurodevelopmental therapy (NDT) on neurological development. The children were grouped as matched pairs on the basis of a set of developmental risks assessed at the age of 3 months. The intervention children had a weekly session of 60 minutes of occupational therapy from the corrected age of 6 months up to 12 months. All the children were examined at the corrected age of 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months. The neurodevelopment of the cases and the controls did not differ essentially and the only significant difference was found in the social development of the children at the age of 12 months to the advantage of the intervention group. It is concluded that this amount of occupational therapy in at-risk children does not have a relevant effect on neurological development.

Published
1998
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