Psychomotor Disorders - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review.

5 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to systematically review evidence from controlled trials on the efficacy of motor development interventions in young children. METHODS: A literature search of interventions was conducted of 14 electronic ... Read more...

Acquired microcephaly: causes, patterns, motor and IQ effects, and associated growth changes.

25 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: The goals were to identify and to classify causes and growth patterns of acquired (or progressive) microcephaly and to look for hypothesized correlations between causes, growth patterns, and developmental quotient/IQ. METHODS: Fifty-one ... Read more...

Erythropoietin improved neurologic outcomes in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

25 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of erythropoietin in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), by using a randomized, prospective study design. METHODS: A total of 167 term infants with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychomotor Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Efficacy of interventions to improve motor development in young children: a systematic review. 5 Sep 2009
• [Case of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome] 30 Aug 2009
• Acquired microcephaly: causes, patterns, motor and IQ effects, and associated growth changes. 25 Jul 2009
• Erythropoietin improved neurologic outcomes in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. 25 Jul 2009
• Reliability of the box and block test of manual dexterity for use with patients with fibromyalgia. 29 Jun 2009
• Visual function in Noonan and LEOPARD syndrome. 28 Jun 2009
• A novel mitochondrial DNA mutation in COX1 leads to strokes, seizures, and lactic acidosis. 28 Jun 2009
• Functional outcome at school age of preterm infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction. 30 May 2009
• Anomalous subjective experience and psychosis risk in young depressed patients. 14 May 2009
• Phenomenological subtypes of delirium in older persons: patterns, prevalence, and prognosis. 29 Apr 2009
• [Neuropsychological aspects of the manic syndrome in the course of bipolar affective illness] 29 Apr 2009
• Socio-behavioral characteristics of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. 5 Apr 2009
• Comparison of clinical assessment and actigraphy in the characterization of delirium. 30 Mar 2009
• Uses of virtual reality for diagnosis, rehabilitation and study of unilateral spatial neglect: review and analysis. 30 Mar 2009
• Organization of cognitive control within the lateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia. 30 Mar 2009
• Attention and psychomotor functioning in bipolar depression. 7 Mar 2009
• Neonatal watershed brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging correlates with verbal IQ at 4 years. 27 Feb 2009
• BuChE-K and APOE epsilon4 allele frequencies in Lewy body dementias, and influence of genotype and hyperhomocysteinemia on cognitive decline. 13 Feb 2009
• [Delayed psychomotor development caused by malignant infantile osteopetrosis] 7 Feb 2009
• Differential deficit in executive control in euthymic bipolar disorder. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychomotor Disorders'

Definition: Abnormalities of motor function that are associated with organic and non-organic cognitive disorders.

Descriptor UI: D011596

Alternative terms: Psychomotor Disorders; Developmental Psychomotor Disorders; Developmental Psychomotor Disorder; Psychomotor Disorder, Developmental; Psychomotor Disorders, Developmental; Psychomotor Impairment; Impairment, Psychomotor; Impairments, Psychomotor; Psychomotor Impairments;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.881; C23.888.592.604.882; F01.700.875;

History Note: 1969