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Different Views on a Child's Motor Development and Motor Performance

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4893

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Department of Developmental Neurology, University of Medical Sciences, 60-355 Poznan, Poland
Interests: physiotherapy; motor development; children; infants; motor performance; risk factors

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Special Issue entitled “Different Views on a Child's Motor Development and Motor Performance”.

The motor development of a child remains the focus of studies by many researchers. Changes in motor development over time and the impact of various risk factors on them provide more and more information about therapeutic options, treatment, and prognosis for independent functioning. A child as a patient is under multidisciplinary medical, physiotherapeutic, psychological and pedagogical care, therefore, it seems very interesting to look at the issue comprehensively from the perspective of various disciplines.

This Special Issue titled “Different views on a child's motor development and motor performance” will gather information on diagnostic and therapeutic options, as well as the impact of various risk factors on the motor development of children from the neonatal period to the teenage period.

Scope: For specialists dealing with children (medical, physiotherapists, psychologists, or educators) investigating the very process of motor development and disorders resulting from the disease and analyzing the influence of various risk factors. We are seeking papers by scientists from around the world in an open access form, both original papers and high-quality reviews.

The novelty of the content and suitability for this Special Issue will be checked in the first instance, so you are welcome to send me the title and a short abstract for evaluation before submission. The final decision will be made based on at least two review reports.

Dr. Ewa Gajewska
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • motor development
  • motor performance
  • children
  • infants
  • risk factors
  • diagnostics
  • physiotherapy
  • treatment

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Case Report
Central Apneas Due to the CLIFAHDD Syndrome Successfully Treated with Pyridostigmine
by Anna Winczewska-Wiktor, Adam Sebastian Hirschfeld, Magdalena Badura-Stronka, Irena Wojsyk-Banaszak, Paulina Sobkowiak, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska, Valeriia Babak and Barbara Steinborn
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(2), 775; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph19020775 - 11 Jan 2022
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Abstract
NALCN mutations lead to complex neurodevelopmental syndromes, including infantile hypotonia with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies (IHPRF) and congenital contractures of limbs and face, hypotonia, and developmental delay (CLIFAHDD), which are recessively and dominantly inherited, respectively. We present a patient in whom congenital [...] Read more.
NALCN mutations lead to complex neurodevelopmental syndromes, including infantile hypotonia with psychomotor retardation and characteristic facies (IHPRF) and congenital contractures of limbs and face, hypotonia, and developmental delay (CLIFAHDD), which are recessively and dominantly inherited, respectively. We present a patient in whom congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) was suspected due to the occurrence of hypotonia and apnea episodes requiring resuscitation. For this reason, treatment with pyridostigmine was introduced. After starting the treatment, a significant improvement was observed in reducing the apnea episodes and slight psychomotor progress. In the course of further diagnostics, CMS was excluded, and CLIFAHDD syndrome was confirmed. Thus, we try to explain a possible mechanism of clinical improvement after the introduction of treatment with pyridostigmine in a patient with a mutation in the NALCN gene. Full article
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