News tagged with gross motor skills


Therapy helps regenerate child's undeveloped bones

Four years ago, Janelly Martinez-Amador was confined to a bed, unable to move even an arm or lift her head. At age 3, the fragile toddler had the gross motor skills of a newborn and a ventilator kept her ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unique treatment proposed for children's developmental coordination disorder

An Indiana University study in the Journal of Child Neurology proposes an innovative treatment for developmental coordination disorder, a potentially debilitating neurological disorder in which the develo ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Near-complete blood flow restoration critical for best outcomes in stroke

Two Rhode Island Hospital researchers recently found that restoring near-complete blood flow to the brain is necessary to restore or preserve neurological function following stroke. Seems like a no-brainer, right?

Cardiology created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A place to play: Researcher designs schoolyard for children with autism

A Kansas State University graduate student is creating a schoolyard that can become a therapeutic landscape for children with autism.

Autism spectrum disorders created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study shows minority toddlers with autism are more delayed than affected Caucasian peers

The first prospective study of ethnic differences in the symptoms of autism in toddlers shows that children from a minority background have more delayed language, communication and gross motor skills than Caucasian children ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine screening for autism not needed: researchers

Proposals recommending routine screening of all children for autism gets a thumbs down from researchers at McMaster University.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5 | with audio podcast