Ricerc@Sapienza

Background
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that involves difficulties in goal-directed motor coordination, with ineffective control of fine and gross motor movements in the absence of sensory impairment or neurological condition. DCD is frequently reported in children born very preterm (VP) who survive without CP.
Aims
To measure the risk of DCD at school age in a large area-based cohort of VP children and general population controls, adjusting for gender, birth weight by gestational age and age at assessment.
Methods

Introduction
Fetal femur length below the expected value has been described as a marker of aneuploidy, skeletal dysplasia, intrauterine growth restriction and small‐for‐gestational‐age neonate. The aim of this systematic review and meta‐analysis was to evaluate the strength of association between isolated short femur length and intrauterine growth restriction or small‐for‐gestational‐age, and perinatal adverse outcomes.
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