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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) or the
time in a prone position as an infant had any influence on motor development at
preschool age. DESIGN: A case-control study. PARTICIPANTS: Eighty-one children
who had participated in a previous study that investigated motor development in
infants with CMT and a control group of infants without CMT. METHOD: A follow-up
at the age of 3.5-5 years; the Movement Assessment Battery for Children was used
with the earlier CMT group and the control group to assess their motor
development. An independent physiotherapist, who was blinded of the children's
previous group belonging, assessed the children. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS:
Percentile scores of motor development. RESULTS: Multiple regression showed no
impact on earlier group belonging or the amount of time spent in a prone position
as an infant. The left-handed children had a significantly (P < .01) lower
percentile in the Movement Assessment Battery for Children. CONCLUSION: Neither
CMT nor spending limited periods of time as an infant in the prone position when
awake have any significant long-term effects on motor development. Children who
had CMT as infants were not at higher risk for a delay in motor development at
preschool age.
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