PMID- 18355334
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080620
LR  - 20091111
IS  - 0012-1622 (Print)
IS  - 0012-1622 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 5
DP  - 2008 May
TI  - Cognitive profile in young Icelandic children with cerebral palsy.
PG  - 357-62
LID - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.02046.x [doi]
AB  - We describe the cognitive profile in a complete national cohort of children with 
      cerebral palsy (CP). One hundred and twenty-seven Icelandic children (67 females, 
      60 males) with CP, born between 1985 and 2000 and assessed between the ages of 4 
      and 6 years 6 months (mean age 5y 5mo, SD 6mo), were included in the study. IQ 
      was measured using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence 
      (WPPSI) and developmental quotient (DQ) was obtained using various developmental 
      scales. Physiological classification of CP in the children was: spasticity, n=104 
      (82%); dyskinesia, n=14 (11%); ataxia, n=six (4.7%), and unclassified CP, n=3 
      (2.3%). Spastic diplegia was the most prevalent subtype (35%) followed by 
      hemiplegia and quadriplegia. Forty-five per cent of the group were at Level I of 
      the Gross Motor Function Classification System, 32% were at Levels II and III, 
      and 23% were at Levels IV and V. Sixty per cent of the children had an IQ or DQ 
      >70. Median scores on the WPPSI were Full-scale IQ 84, Verbal IQ (VIQ) 92, and 
      Performance IQ (PIQ) 77. Children with spastic diplegia and quadriplegia had a 
      significantly lower PIQ than VIQ. Of the children who failed to complete the 
      WPPSI, 20% had DQ >85. Thus, cognitive skills can be masked by limitations of 
      movement and motor control in children with CP.
FAU - Sigurdardottir, Solveig
AU  - Sigurdardottir S
AD  - State Diagnostic and Counselling Centre, Kopavogur, Iceland. solveig@greining.is
FAU - Eiriksdottir, Audur
AU  - Eiriksdottir A
FAU - Gunnarsdottir, Eva
AU  - Gunnarsdottir E
FAU - Meintema, Marrit
AU  - Meintema M
FAU - Arnadottir, Unnur
AU  - Arnadottir U
FAU - Vik, Torstein
AU  - Vik T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080318
PL  - England
TA  - Dev Med Child Neurol
JT  - Developmental medicine and child neurology
JID - 0006761
SB  - IM
MH  - Cerebral Palsy/*epidemiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cognition/*physiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iceland/epidemiology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Verbal Learning/*physiology
MH  - Wechsler Scales
EDAT- 2008/03/22 09:00
MHDA- 2008/06/21 09:00
CRDT- 2008/03/22 09:00
PHST- 2008/03/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/06/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/03/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - DMCN02046 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.02046.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Dev Med Child Neurol. 2008 May;50(5):357-62. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.02046.x. Epub 2008 Mar 18.