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Gross motor development is delayed following early cardiac surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

Suzanne H. Long ,
Susan R. Harris ,
Beverley J. Eldridge  and
Mary P. Galea
Suzanne H. Long*
Affiliation:
Heart Research, Critical Care & Neurosciences, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Susan R. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Beverley J. Eldridge
Affiliation:
Physiotherapy Department, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Mary P. Galea
Affiliation:
Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
*
Correspondence to: S. H. Long, PhD, Physiotherapy, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 1st Floor, 200 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria 3010, Australia. Tel: +61 3 8344 4171; Fax: +61 3 8344 4188; E-mail: suzanne.long@me.com
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Abstract

Objective

To describe the gross motor development of infants who had undergone cardiac surgery in the neonatal or early infant period.

Methods

Gross motor performance was assessed when infants were 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. This scale is a discriminative gross motor outcome measure that may be used to assess infants from birth to independent walking. Infants were videotaped during the assessment and were later evaluated by a senior paediatric physiotherapist who was blinded to each infant's medical history, including previous clinical assessments. Demographic, diagnostic, surgical, critical care, and medical variables were considered with respect to gross motor outcomes.

Results

A total of 50 infants who underwent elective or emergency cardiac surgery at less than or up to 8 weeks of age, between July 2006 and January 2008, were recruited to this study and were assessed at 4 months of age. Approximately, 92%, 84%, and 94% of study participants returned for assessment at 8, 12, and 16 months of age, respectively. Study participants had delayed gross motor development across all study time points; 62% of study participants did not have typical gross motor development during the first year of life. Hospital length of stay was associated with gross motor outcome across infancy.

Conclusion

Active gross motor surveillance of all infants undergoing early cardiac surgery is recommended. Further studies of larger congenital heart disease samples are required, as are longitudinal studies that determine the significance of these findings at school age and beyond.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseaseAlberta Infant Motor Scaledevelopmental delay
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , 13 September 2012 , pp. 574 - 582
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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