Beqaj Samire, Jusaj Njomza, Živković Vujica
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo; School of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Department of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
Med Glas (Zenica). 2017 Aug 1;14(2):189-198. doi: 10.17392/917-17.
Aim To investigate the age (in months) at which motor skills are developed in children with Down syndrome (DS), and compare it to the age of the development of the same skills in both, children with typical development (TD), and children with DS reported by four other studies. Methods Sixteen children (7 girls and 9 boys) were monthly assessed for the development of nineteen motor skills between 2008 and 2011. The mean ages when the skills were accomplished were presented using descriptive statistics. Independent T-samples test (significance < 0.05) was used to compare the mean developmental ages from our study with those seen in children with TD (Comparison 1) and also in children with DS reported by four other authors (Comparison 2a-2d). Results Children with DS developed at a significantly slower pace compared to children with TD (p=0.005). Generally, delay and variance of developmental age in children with DS increased chronologically with the complexity of the skills. No significant difference was found between developmental age in children from the present study and children with DS from other studies. Conclusion The rate of attainment of motor skills is delayed in children with DS in comparison to children with TD, however, the developmental sequence is the same. The delayed development is more prominent in more complex skills.
目的 研究唐氏综合征（DS）患儿运动技能发育的年龄（以月为单位），并将其与正常发育（TD）儿童以及其他四项研究报道的DS患儿相同技能的发育年龄进行比较。方法 2008年至2011年期间，每月对16名儿童（7名女孩和9名男孩）的19项运动技能发育情况进行评估。使用描述性统计呈现技能完成时的平均年龄。采用独立样本t检验（显著性<0.05）将本研究中的平均发育年龄与TD儿童（比较1）以及其他四位作者报道的DS儿童（比较2a - 2d）的平均发育年龄进行比较。结果 与TD儿童相比，DS儿童的发育速度明显较慢（p = 0.005）。一般来说，DS儿童发育年龄的延迟和差异随着技能复杂性的增加而按时间顺序增加。本研究中的儿童与其他研究中的DS儿童在发育年龄上未发现显著差异。结论 与TD儿童相比，DS儿童运动技能的获得速度延迟，然而，发育顺序相同。在更复杂的技能中，发育延迟更为明显。
