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. 2021 Feb;35(2):544-547.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0894-0. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Motor skills in children affected by strabismus

Aldo Vagge  1   2 , Marco Pellegrini  3 , Michele Iester  4   5 , Maria Musolino  4   5 , Giuseppe Giannaccare  6 , Roberta Ansaldo  7 , Carlo E Traverso  4   5
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Motor skills in children affected by strabismus

Aldo Vagge et al. Eye (Lond). 2021 Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: To compare motor skills in patients with infantile strabismus and age and sex-matched control subjects aged 5-11 years.

Methods: Motor performances were assessed by the Italian version of Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 (DCDQ) in children with infantile strabismus and age and sex-matched control subjects. Patients affected by specific neurological, cognitive and behavioural disorders were excluded from the study.

Results: There were 43 patients included in the study, 23 in the strabismus group (14 males, 9 females, mean age 7.5 ± 2.0 years) and 24 in the control group (14 males and 10 females, mean age 7.2 ± 1.7 years. The overall DCDQ score was significantly lower in children with strabismus compared with control subjects (58.7 ± 11.3 vs. 74.2 ± 1.5; P < 0.001). Children with strabismus and no stereopsis showed a lower DCDQ score compared with those with normal stereopsis (50.8 ± 9.5 vs. 67.3 ± 4.8; P < 0.001).

Conclusion: Motor skills are reduced in children with strabismus compared with control subjects. Strabismus and lack of binocular vision are factors potentially contributing to developmental coordination disorder.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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