African infant precocity - Fact or fallacy? - A review

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dc.contributor.authorIrwin-Carruthers S.H.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:03:53Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:03:53Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.description.abstractAlthough many of the early studies of motor development in black African infants were poorly designed, the majority appear to be support a degree of advanced motor behaviour in black infants, particularly within the first year. There is still a need for a longitudinal study of black and white samples matched for socio-economic factors. Such a study should include evaluation in the newborn period in order to investigate possible ethnic characteristics related to postural tone, spontaneous movement, alertness and other factors. Since the latest study shows that not only black, but also white South African infants achieved the majority of the gross motor and fine motor-adaptive items on the Denver Development Screening Test. (DDST) at notably earlier ages than the Denver norms, this should be taken into account when assessing South African infants. Use of the DDST without adaptation could result in under-referral of children requiring intervention, particularly when assessing black infants within the first year of life.
dc.identifier.citationSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy
dc.identifier.citation43
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.issn3796175
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12829
dc.subjectdiagnosis
dc.subjecteconomic aspect
dc.subjectethnic or racial aspects
dc.subjectethnology
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectnormal human
dc.subjectnormal value
dc.subjectpsychomotor development
dc.subjectshort survey
dc.subjectsocioeconomics
dc.subjectwalking
dc.titleAfrican infant precocity - Fact or fallacy? - A review
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