Ilkka Järvinen, Jyrki Launes, Jari Lipsanen, Eliisa Lehto, Nella Schiavone, Maarit Virta, Ritva Vanninen, Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson, Laura Hokkanen
BACKGROUND: There are few studies of the persistence of childhood motor difficulties (MD) into adulthood. AIMS: To investigate the association of childhood MD with motor skills and body mass index (BMI) in midlife. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: We studied 324 adults aged 40 from a cohort born in 1971-1974. At age 9, they had undergone the Test of Motor Impairment, used to classify them into groups: childhood MD (cMD), borderline cMD (bcMD), or no cMD...
January 17, 2024: Research in Developmental Disabilities