Harris S R, Osborn J A, Weinberg J, Loock C, Junaid K
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Phys Ther. 1993 Sep;73(9):608-17. doi: 10.1093/ptj/73.9.608.
The purpose of this article is to present a series of case reports of infants and young children who were exposed to alcohol prenatally. The five infants and two 5-year-old twins in this series all presented facial features characteristic of prenatal alcohol exposure, and all had medical histories of maternal alcohol abuse. The neuromotor and cognitive development of these seven children is described by presenting results of standardized tests administered longitudinally. In addition, clinical observations of growth, behavior, feeding, and musculoskeletal development are provided. Following a discussion of these assessment results, implications for physical therapy intervention and the need for clinical research are provided. Because children with fetal alcohol syndrome or alcohol-related birth defects present a spectrum of developmental differences that often include areas of concern to physical therapists, we need to increase our involvement in the assessment and treatment of these children as well as in research efforts to examine the efficacy of these interventions.
本文的目的是呈现一系列产前暴露于酒精的婴幼儿病例报告。该系列中的五名婴儿和一对5岁双胞胎均呈现出产前酒精暴露的典型面部特征，且母亲均有酗酒病史。通过纵向呈现标准化测试结果来描述这七个孩子的神经运动和认知发育情况。此外，还提供了关于生长、行为、喂养和肌肉骨骼发育的临床观察结果。在讨论这些评估结果之后，阐述了对物理治疗干预的启示以及临床研究的必要性。由于患有胎儿酒精综合征或与酒精相关的出生缺陷的儿童存在一系列发育差异，这些差异通常包括物理治疗师关注的领域，因此我们需要更多地参与对这些儿童的评估和治疗，以及参与研究以检验这些干预措施的疗效。
