Coralie Hemptinne1, Florence Aerts2, Thomas Pellissier3, Clément Ramirez Ruiz3, Verônica Alves Cardoso2, Catherine Vanderveken4, Demet Yüksel5. 1. Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; Ophthalmology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: coralie.hemptinne@uclouvain.be. 2. Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. 3. Faculty of Motor Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. 4. Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. 5. Institute of Neuroscience, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; Ophthalmology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the extent to which strabismus in children was associated with motor difficulties and to examine which parameters of strabismus were most closely associated with motor development. METHODS: The motor skills of children who were suffering from strabismus, were tested binocularly using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (MABC-2) and compared with the motor performance of monocularly tested healthy controls without any ophthalmologic disease. RESULTS: A total of 40 children with strabismus (mean, 7.25 ± 3.83 years; 19 females) and 18 controls (mean age, 8.33 ± 5.42 years; 6 females) were tested. According to the MABC-2 test, of the 40, 19 had no motor disability, and 21 were at risk of or already presented significant motor disabilities. Results of the MABC-2 were significantly lower for strabismic children without binocularity compared to those with binocularity (P = 0.002). Lack of binocularity was associated with significantly lower performance for static balance (P = 0.003) as well as for catching tasks (P = 0.042). CONCLUSIONS: Lack of binocularity and stereopsis in children is associated with significant motor skills impairment, in particular for static balance and catching tasks. These results should be confirmed with a larger sample, including older patients, to assess the compensation mechanisms that develop with age and the actual effects of strabismus on overall motor performance.
PURPOSE: To assess the extent to which strabismus in children was associated with motor difficulties and to examine which parameters of strabismus were most closely associated with motor development. METHODS: The motor skills of children who were suffering from strabismus, were tested binocularly using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (MABC-2) and compared with the motor performance of monocularly tested healthy controls without any ophthalmologic disease. RESULTS: A total of 40 children with strabismus (mean, 7.25 ± 3.83 years; 19 females) and 18 controls (mean age, 8.33 ± 5.42 years; 6 females) were tested. According to the MABC-2 test, of the 40, 19 had no motor disability, and 21 were at risk of or already presented significant motor disabilities. Results of the MABC-2 were significantly lower for strabismic children without binocularity compared to those with binocularity (P = 0.002). Lack of binocularity was associated with significantly lower performance for static balance (P = 0.003) as well as for catching tasks (P = 0.042). CONCLUSIONS: Lack of binocularity and stereopsis in children is associated with significant motor skills impairment, in particular for static balance and catching tasks. These results should be confirmed with a larger sample, including older patients, to assess the compensation mechanisms that develop with age and the actual effects of strabismus on overall motor performance.
Authors: Elena Pinero-Pinto; Verónica Pérez-Cabezas; Concepción De-Hita-Cantalejo; Carmen Ruiz-Molinero; Estanislao Gutiérrez-Sánchez; José-Jesús Jiménez-Rejano; José-María Sánchez-González; María Carmen Sánchez-González Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-05-20 Impact factor: 3.390
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