Balance and motor coordination are not fully developed in 7 years old blind children

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Andréa Sanchez Navarro²  Marcia Maiumi Fukujima¹  Sissy Veloso Fontes²  Sandro Luiz De Andrade Matas²  Gilmar Fernandes Do Prado¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Bandeirante de São Paulo

关键词: visual impairment;    blindness;    neurological development;    neurological evolution examination;    deficiência visual;    cegueira;    desenvolvimento neurológico;    exame neurológico evolutivo;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2004000400016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Visually impaired children show difficulties in recognizing their own bodies, objects around then and the spatial parameters that are essential for independent movement. This study analyzes the neuro-psychomotor development of a group of congenitally visually impaired children as compared to children with normal sight. We have evaluated two groups of seven-year-olds by means of neurological evolution examination (NEE). The group studied comprised 20 blind children and the control group comprised 20 children with normal sight, and they were paired up according to age and gender. In some tests, the blind children were guided by touch. The visually impaired children performed worse in tests evaluating balance and appendage coordination compared to normal sighted children (p< 0.001), and this suggests that visual deficiency impairs children's neuro-psychomotor development.

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