Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

Background: In children with myelomeningocele (MMC) and arthrogryposis multiplex congenital (AMC), adequate rehabilitation measures are accessible with the goal of attaining the utmost motor development. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to how children develop navigation utilizing their loco...

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Autores principales:	Åsa Bartonek, Cecilia Guariglia, Laura Piccardi
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	disability mobility motor development navigation walking spatial cognition Psychiatry RC435-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:41df70d8e0804a36a1c5436217fb81312021-11-12T05:25:37ZLocomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita1664-064010.3389/fpsyt.2021.729859https://doaj.org/article/41df70d8e0804a36a1c5436217fb81312021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.729859/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640Background: In children with myelomeningocele (MMC) and arthrogryposis multiplex congenital (AMC), adequate rehabilitation measures are accessible with the goal of attaining the utmost motor development. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to how children develop navigation utilizing their locomotion abilities. The aim of the present study was to explore topographic working memory in children with MMC and AMC.Methods: For this purpose, we assessed 41 children with MMC and AMC, assigned an ambulation group, and 120 typical developing (TD) children, with mean ages of 11.9, 10.6, and 9.9 years, respectively. All groups performed a topographic working memory test while moving in a walking space and a visuospatial working memory test in a reaching space. Children with MMC and AMC also performed a test to measure their ability to reason on visuospatial material, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices.Results: The topographic working memory span was shorter in the MMC group than in the TD group. In general, all ambulation groups had a shorter topographic working memory span than the TD group. The visuospatial working memory span was shorter in the non-ambulation group than in the TD group. Scores from the visuospatial reasoning test were lower in the non-ambulation group than in the community ambulation group.Conclusions: Even though a higher cognitive score was found in the community ambulation group than in the non-ambulation group, topographic working memory was affected similarly in both groups. Including children who develop community ambulation in therapy programs containing aspects of navigation may gain even children with low levels of MMC and AMC. These results evidenced the importance of motor development and navigational experience gained through direct exploration of the environment on topographic memory.Åsa BartonekCecilia GuarigliaCecilia GuarigliaLaura PiccardiLaura PiccardiFrontiers Media S.A.articledisabilitymobilitymotor developmentnavigationwalkingspatial cognitionPsychiatryRC435-571ENFrontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
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spellingShingle	disability mobility motor development navigation walking spatial cognition Psychiatry RC435-571 Åsa Bartonek Cecilia Guariglia Cecilia Guariglia Laura Piccardi Laura Piccardi Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
description	Background: In children with myelomeningocele (MMC) and arthrogryposis multiplex congenital (AMC), adequate rehabilitation measures are accessible with the goal of attaining the utmost motor development. However, there is a lack of knowledge as to how children develop navigation utilizing their locomotion abilities. The aim of the present study was to explore topographic working memory in children with MMC and AMC.Methods: For this purpose, we assessed 41 children with MMC and AMC, assigned an ambulation group, and 120 typical developing (TD) children, with mean ages of 11.9, 10.6, and 9.9 years, respectively. All groups performed a topographic working memory test while moving in a walking space and a visuospatial working memory test in a reaching space. Children with MMC and AMC also performed a test to measure their ability to reason on visuospatial material, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices.Results: The topographic working memory span was shorter in the MMC group than in the TD group. In general, all ambulation groups had a shorter topographic working memory span than the TD group. The visuospatial working memory span was shorter in the non-ambulation group than in the TD group. Scores from the visuospatial reasoning test were lower in the non-ambulation group than in the community ambulation group.Conclusions: Even though a higher cognitive score was found in the community ambulation group than in the non-ambulation group, topographic working memory was affected similarly in both groups. Including children who develop community ambulation in therapy programs containing aspects of navigation may gain even children with low levels of MMC and AMC. These results evidenced the importance of motor development and navigational experience gained through direct exploration of the environment on topographic memory.
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author	Åsa Bartonek Cecilia Guariglia Cecilia Guariglia Laura Piccardi Laura Piccardi
author_facet	Åsa Bartonek Cecilia Guariglia Cecilia Guariglia Laura Piccardi Laura Piccardi
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title	Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
title_short	Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
title_full	Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
title_fullStr	Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
title_full_unstemmed	Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
title_sort	locomotion and topographical working memory in children with myelomeningocele and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/41df70d8e0804a36a1c5436217fb8131
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Locomotion and Topographical Working Memory in Children With Myelomeningocele and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

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