Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Motor Performance at 4 Months

Rosemarie Bigsby; Linda L LaGasse; Barry Lester; Seetha Shankaran; Henrietta Bada; Charles Bauer; Jing Liu

doi:10.5014/ajot.2011.001263

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Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Motor Performance at 4 Months

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Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Motor Performance at 4 Months

Rosemarie Bigsby, Linda L LaGasse, Barry Lester, Seetha Shankaran, Henrietta Bada, Charles Bauer and Jing Liu

The American journal of occupational therapy, Vol.65(5), pp.e60-e68

2011-09

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2011.001263

PMCID: PMC4144172

PMID: 25170184

Abstract

child development

prenatal exposure delayed effects

motor skills

posture

cocaine-related disorders

The relation between prenatal cocaine exposure and quality of movement was studied at 4 mo using the Posture and Fine Motor Assessment of Infants (PFMAI-I). Posture and fine motor scores of 4-month-old infants exposed to cocaine in utero ( = 370) were compared with an unexposed group ( = 533) within the context of gestational age, medical and demographic characteristics, and level of prenatal substance exposure using the PFMAI-I. Infants prenatally exposed to cocaine had significantly lower posture scores than infants in the unexposed group. There was no main effect of cocaine exposure on fine motor scores; however, there were independent effects of gestational age at birth on both posture and fine motor scores at 4-mo corrected age. These findings demonstrate independent contributions of prenatal cocaine exposure and prematurity to risk of motor delay and support the validity of the PFMAI-I as a measure of motor competence in early infancy.

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Title: Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Motor Performance at 4 Months
Creators: Rosemarie Bigsby - Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Brown Center for the Study of Children At Risk, Women and Infants' Hospital, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02748
Linda L LaGasse - Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Brown Center for the Study of Children At Risk, Providence, RI
Barry Lester - Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and The Brown Center for the Study of Children At Risk, Providence, RI
Seetha Shankaran - Professor of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Henrietta Bada - Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington
Charles Bauer - Professor of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School, Miami, FL
Jing Liu - Senior Study Director, Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD
Publication Details: The American journal of occupational therapy, Vol.65(5), pp.e60-e68
Grant note: U10 DA024119 / NIDA NIH HHS U10 HD021397 / NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD021385 / NICHD NIH HHS N1HD23159A / NICHD NIH HHS U10 HD027904 / NICHD NIH HHS
Academic Unit: UMMG Department of Pediatrics
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 25170184
PMCID: PMC4144172
Record Identifier: 991031597103802976