RT Book, Section
A1 Castillo, Heidi
A1 Castillo, Jonathan
A1 Ostermaier, Kathryn K.
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182924558
T1 Delays in Motor Development and Motor Disabilities
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182924558
RD 2024/04/25
AB Given  that  the  most  common  causes  of  developmental  delay  affect  the  brain  diffusely  (eg,  chromosomal/genetic  syndromes),  delays  in  motor  development  are  most  commonly  a  component  of  more  globally  delayed  developmental  milestones  across  neuromotor,  neurocognitive,  and  neurobehavioral  streams  of  development.  Thus,  when  a  child  presents  with  a  chief  complaint  of  delays  in  motor  development,  a  thorough  developmental  history  is  needed  to  uncover  possibly  more  subtle  delays  in  language,  nonverbal/visual-motor  problem-solving,  social,  or  adaptive  development.  However,  there  is  a  spectrum  of  dissociated  and  deviated  motor  development,  where  motor  development  is  discrepantly  delayed  compared  to  other  domains  in  development,  and  in  more  severe  cases,  where  motor  skills  are  acquired  in  a  developmentally  deviated  manner  (see  Chapter  83).  This  chapter  will  review  the  motor  disabilities  contained  within  this  spectrum  of  discrepant  (or  dissociated  and  deviated)  motor  delay.