%0 Journal Article %1 Johnson1990 %A Johnson, A. %A Goddard, O. %A Ashurst, H. %D 1990 %J Arch Dis Child %K Age Factors; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant; Locomotion; Predictive Value of Tests; Risk Factors %N 5 %P 486--488 %T Is late walking a marker of morbidity? Steering Committee, Oxford Region Child Development Project. %V 65 %X We identified 410 infants who were not walking independently by the age of 18 months from among a geographically defined population of 4275 infants who either were born weighing less than 2000 g or had needed admission to the special care nursery in the neonatal period. The outcome of the late walkers was ascertained at the age of 3 years by health visitors using a standard questionnaire. Of the late walkers, 230 (56\%) had an associated abnormality diagnosed before the age of 3 years, and in 77 of these children (33\%) this was definite or suspected cerebral palsy. The high prevalence of late walking among infants born before 28 weeks' gestation (46\%) was almost entirely accounted for by a high incidence of impairment. Late walking is a simple marker of morbidity in this group of infants.

@article{Johnson1990, abstract = {We identified 410 infants who were not walking independently by the age of 18 months from among a geographically defined population of 4275 infants who either were born weighing less than 2000 g or had needed admission to the special care nursery in the neonatal period. The outcome of the late walkers was ascertained at the age of 3 years by health visitors using a standard questionnaire. Of the late walkers, 230 (56\%) had an associated abnormality diagnosed before the age of 3 years, and in 77 of these children (33\%) this was definite or suspected cerebral palsy. The high prevalence of late walking among infants born before 28 weeks' gestation (46\%) was almost entirely accounted for by a high incidence of impairment. Late walking is a simple marker of morbidity in this group of infants.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T20:30:49.000+0200}, author = {Johnson, A. and Goddard, O. and Ashurst, H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2176294c0d8cd67acae913fd7558c9658/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {960a7fe3fc810ae29e995a39822f12a6}, intrahash = {176294c0d8cd67acae913fd7558c9658}, journal = {Arch Dis Child}, keywords = {Age Factors; Cerebral Palsy; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant; Locomotion; Predictive Value of Tests; Risk Factors}, month = May, number = 5, pages = {486--488}, pmid = {1694070}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T20:30:49.000+0200}, title = {Is late walking a marker of morbidity? Steering Committee, Oxford Region Child Development Project.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 65, year = 1990 }