Birth difficulties - a follow-up study in children
| Location: | Department of Paediatrics and the Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital in conjunction with the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Needs, London University Institute of Education and the Psychology Department, University College London. |
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| Amount: | £32,422 |
| Status: | Research completed |
| Start Date: | 1st September 1999 - Provisional |
| Finish Date: | 30th June 2003 |
| Grantholder: | Dr E Mercuri, PhD, Dr F M Cowan, LRCP&SI, MBBS, MRCP, DCH, PhD, MRCGP, Dr S E Henderson, PhD, Professor J Atkinson, PhD and Professor O J Braddick, PhD. |
| Research worker: | Dr M Frisone and Dr A Barnett |
Around 2 in 1000 babies born at full term experience difficulties during birth. Some of these go on to develop problems such as cerebral palsy, while others seem to recover and appear quite normal when tested in the first years of life. This team will assess visual function and movement and co-ordination in a group of infants who had difficulties at birth and who were shown to have brain injury using neonatal Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The aim of the study is to determine how the brain responds to different patterns of injury early in life, and whether these children have unidentified problems which could affect their school and everyday life performance.
