Non-right-handedness in children born extremely preterm: Relation to early neuroimaging and long-term neurodevelopment

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 7; p. e0235311
• Main Authors: van Heerwaarde, Alise A, van der Kamp, Laura T, van der Aa, Niek E, de Vries, Linda S, Groenendaal, Floris, Jongmans, Marian J, Eijsermans, Rian J. C, Koopman-Esseboom, Corine, van Haastert, Inge-Lot C, Benders, Manon J. N. L, Dudink, Jeroen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 06.07.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Anisotropy; Balances (scales); Biology and Life Sciences; Birth weight; Brain; Brain injury; Brain research; Child development; Children; Children & youth; Data collection; Developmental neurology; Diffusion; Gestation; Handedness; Head injuries; Health aspects; Injury analysis; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical analysis; Medical imaging; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microstructure; Motor skill; Multiple births; Neonates; Neurodevelopment; Neuroimaging; Pediatric research; People and Places; Physiological aspects; Population studies; Premature infants; Research and Analysis Methods; Resonance; Social Sciences; Spatial analysis; Statistical analysis; Studies; Substantia alba; Tensors; Traumatic brain injury; Netherlands

This study aimed to define the prevalence and predictors of non-right-handedness and its link to long-term neurodevelopmental outcome and early neuroimaging in a cohort of children born extremely preterm (<28 weeks gestation). 179 children born extremely preterm admitted to the Neonatal Intensive...