Lavriashin B V, Chikisheva T A
Zh Nevropatol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 1985;85(3):398-404.
Using an expanded antropometric programme, the authors conducted a comparative study of the growth and physical development of oligophrenic children at the stage of debility (n = 504) and of normal children (n = 551) aged 8 to 16 years. The study has demonstrated that the size of the body in oligophrenic children is lower as compared to the control group which is due to a less intensive character of growth processes in mentally retarded children in the pubertal period and also a less intensive growth of body segments at later age stages. It is suggested that oligophrenic children have a longer adolescent period and that the growth processes in such children may stabilize at an older age.
作者采用扩展人体测量程序，对504名处于虚弱期的智力发育迟缓儿童和551名8至16岁正常儿童的生长和身体发育进行了比较研究。研究表明，智力发育迟缓儿童的身体尺寸低于对照组，这是由于青春期智障儿童生长过程强度较低，以及后期身体各部位生长强度较低所致。有人认为，智力发育迟缓儿童的青春期较长，此类儿童的生长过程可能在较大年龄时趋于稳定。
