[Psychomotor development of children with pathology in the neonatal period]. / Rozwój psychoruchowy dzieci z patologia okresu noworodkowego.

The authors subjected to a multiprofile analysis the psychomotor development and clinical status of 213 children in the third year of life in whom signs had been observed during their neonatal period of life suggesting brain injury. The control group included 206 children matched for age without any history of neonatal pathology. The investigations demonstrated statistically significantly more frequent occurrence of psychomotor development retardation or abnormalities in the neurological status in children from the studied group as compared with control children. Comparative investigations carried out at the age of 12, 24 and 36 months showed a gradual decrease of the indices suggesting psychomotor retardation or disturbances in central nervous system function.