Relationships Between Laterality of Congenital Upper Limb Reduction Defects and School Performance

Eighty children (34 males, 46 females) with congenital upper limb reduction defects who attended a regional amputee clinic between 1956 and 1986 were classified as to whether they exhibited learning difficulties in school, as indicated by grade failure or by placement in learning disability classroo...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 1988-07, Vol.27 (7), p.319-324
Main Authors: Dlugosz, Lawrence J., Byers, Tim, Msall, Michael E., Marshall, James, Lesswing, Allen, Cooke, Robert E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arm - abnormalities
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Dyslexia - complications
Female
Humans
Learning Disorders - complications
Male
Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations
Medical sciences
Sex Factors
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Summary:Eighty children (34 males, 46 females) with congenital upper limb reduction defects who attended a regional amputee clinic between 1956 and 1986 were classified as to whether they exhibited learning difficulties in school, as indicated by grade failure or by placement in learning disability classrooms. Children with right-sided defects were more likely to encounter learning difficulties than were children with left-sided defects (Chi-square = 6.8; df = 1; p < 0.01). Children with right-limb defects also were more likely than children with left-limb defects to experience reading problems (Chi-square = 5.9; df = 1; p < 0.05). These results suggest the need for neuropsychological and neurophysiological study of children with limb reduction defects.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992288802700702