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Clumsy child

MedGen UID:
636337
•Concept ID:
C0520947
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Clumsiness - motor delay; Clumsiness - motor retardation; Clumsiness, motor delay; Clumsy child syndrome; Motor delay
SNOMED CT: Motor delay (307653008); Clumsiness, motor delay (307653008); Clumsy child syndrome (307653008); Clumsiness - motor delay (307653008); Clumsiness - motor retardation (307653008); Clumsy child (57187006)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

BCKDK deficiency: a treatable neurodevelopmental disease amenable to newborn screening.
Tangeraas T, Constante JR, Backe PH, Oyarzábal A, Neugebauer J, Weinhold N, Boemer F, Debray FG, Ozturk-Hism B, Evren G, Tuba EF, Ummuhan O, Footitt E, Davison J, Martinez C, Bueno C, Machado I, Rodríguez-Pombo P, Al-Sannaa N, De Los Santos M, López JM, Ozturkmen-Akay H, Karaca M, Tekin M, Pajares S, Ormazabal A, Stoway SD, Artuch R, Dixon M, Mørkrid L, García-Cazorla A
Brain 2023 Jul 3;146(7):3003-3013. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad010. PMID: 36729635
Recommendations on the diagnosis and management of Niemann-Pick disease type C.
NP-C Guidelines Working Group, Wraith JE, Baumgartner MR, Bembi B, Covanis A, Levade T, Mengel E, Pineda M, Sedel F, Topçu M, Vanier MT, Widner H, Wijburg FA, Patterson MC
Mol Genet Metab 2009 Sep-Oct;98(1-2):152-65. Epub 2009 Jun 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2009.06.008. PMID: 19647672
Practitioner review: approaches to assessment and treatment of children with DCD: an evaluative review.
Wilson PH
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2005 Aug;46(8):806-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01409.x. PMID: 16033630

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Motor impairments in children: More than just the clumsy child.
Spittle AJ, FitzGerald T, Mentiplay B, Williams J, Licari M
J Paediatr Child Health 2018 Oct;54(10):1131-1135. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14149. PMID: 30294987
Disorders of motor development (clumsy child syndrome).
Sigmundsson H
J Neural Transm Suppl 2005;(69):51-68. doi: 10.1007/3-211-31222-6_4. PMID: 16355603
Perceptual, motor and attentional deficits in seven-year-old children: neurological and neurodevelopmental aspects.
Rasmussen P, Gillberg C, Waldenström E, Svenson B
Dev Med Child Neurol 1983 Jun;25(3):315-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1983.tb13765.x. PMID: 6873493
Mild mental retardation in Swedish school children. II. Etiologic and pathogenetic aspects.
Hagberg B, Hagberg G, Lewerth A, Lindberg U
Acta Paediatr Scand 1981 Jul;70(4):445-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb05721.x. PMID: 7315287
The clumsy child: observations in cases referred to the gymnasium of the Adelaide Children's Hospital over a three-year period.
Abbie MH, Douglas HM, Ross KE
Med J Aust 1978 Jan 28;1(2):65-9. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb112466.x. PMID: 651706

Diagnosis

Motor impairments in children: More than just the clumsy child.
Spittle AJ, FitzGerald T, Mentiplay B, Williams J, Licari M
J Paediatr Child Health 2018 Oct;54(10):1131-1135. doi: 10.1111/jpc.14149. PMID: 30294987
Dyspraxia or developmental coordination disorder? Unravelling the enigma.
Gibbs J, Appleton J, Appleton R
Arch Dis Child 2007 Jun;92(6):534-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.088054. PMID: 17515623Free PMC Article
Why bother about clumsiness? The implications of having developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
Gillberg C, Kadesjö B
Neural Plast 2003;10(1-2):59-68. doi: 10.1155/NP.2003.59. PMID: 14640308Free PMC Article
Sports injuries in children and the clumsy child.
Ehrlich MG, Hulstyn M, d'Amato C
Pediatr Clin North Am 1992 Jun;39(3):433-49. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38337-7. PMID: 1574353
The clumsy child.
Wilson RG
Midwife Health Visit 1974 Feb-Mar;10(3):53-5. PMID: 4131784

Prognosis

Perceptual, motor and attentional deficits in seven-year-old children: neurological and neurodevelopmental aspects.
Rasmussen P, Gillberg C, Waldenström E, Svenson B
Dev Med Child Neurol 1983 Jun;25(3):315-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1983.tb13765.x. PMID: 6873493

Clinical prediction guides

Perceptual, motor and attentional deficits in seven-year-old children: neurological and neurodevelopmental aspects.
Rasmussen P, Gillberg C, Waldenström E, Svenson B
Dev Med Child Neurol 1983 Jun;25(3):315-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1983.tb13765.x. PMID: 6873493
The clumsy child: observations in cases referred to the gymnasium of the Adelaide Children's Hospital over a three-year period.
Abbie MH, Douglas HM, Ross KE
Med J Aust 1978 Jan 28;1(2):65-9. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb112466.x. PMID: 651706

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