Impaired fine motor skills in children following extraction of a dense congenital or infantile unilateral cataract.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate fine motor ability in children treated for unilateral congenital or infantile cataract.

Methods

Twenty-three children 3-13 years of age who were treated for unilateral congenital or infantile cataract and 38 age-similar control children were enrolled. Children completed five fine motor skills tasks (unimanual dexterity, bimanual dexterity, drawing trail, aiming, catching) from the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2. Raw scores were converted into standardized scores, with higher scores indicating better performance.

Results

Compared with controls, children treated for unilateral cataract scored lower on drawing trail (P = 0.009), aiming (P = 0.009), and catching (P < 0.001) but not on unimanual (P = 0.77) or bimanual dexterity (P = 0.31). P

SUBMITTER: Kelly KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6925330 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature