Cited by 15Cerebral Palsy and Movement DisordersFetal and Pediatric Neurological DisordersChildren's Physical and Motor Development

Cognitive, Academic, Executive and Psychological Functioning in Children with Spastic Motor Type Cerebral Palsy: Influence of Extent, Location, and Laterality of Brain Lesions

Open access
Laporta-Hoyos, Olga, Pannek, Kerstin, Pagnozzi, Alex M., Whittingham, Koa, Wotherspoon, Jane, Benfer, Kath, Fiori, Simona, Ware, Robert S. +1 more·2022·European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Abstract

Purpose To investigate, in spastic motor-type cerebral palsy, the association between 1) the location and extent of brain lesions and numerous psychological outcomes; 2) the laterality of brain lesions and performance of verbal-related cognitive functions.Methods The semi-quantitative scale for MRI (sqMRI) was scored for 101 children with cerebral palsy. Non-verbal and verbal proxy intelligence quotients (IQ), word reading, spelling, numerical operations skills, executive functioning, and psychological adjustment were assessed. Relationships between global and regional sqMRI scores and clinical scores were examined. The best multivariable linear regression model for each outcome was identified using the Bayesian Information Criteria. Regional sqMRI scores, gross motor functioning, manual ability, and epilepsy status were considered for inclusion as covariables. Where sqMRI scores made statistically significant contributions to models of verbal-related functioning, data were reanalysed including these sqMRI scores' laterality index. Verbal-related outcomes were compared between participants with left-sided versus bilateral brain lesions.Results Medial dorsal thalamus and parietal lobe lesions significantly accounted for poorer verbal proxy-IQ. Left-hemisphere lateralization of temporal lobe lesions was associated with poorer verbal proxy-IQ. Participants with bilateral lesions performed significantly better than those with unilateral left-sided lesions in verbal cognitive functions. Controlling for epilepsy diagnosis, participants with ventral posterior lateral thalamus lesions presented with better Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function scores, although within the normal range. sqMRI scores were not significantly associated with some psychological outcomes or these only bordered on significance after accounting for relevant control variables.Conclusion The laterality of early-life lesions influences the development of verbal-related cognitive functions.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.ejpn.2022.02.004

Cites

98 of 98 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Specific cognitive deficits, particularly in working memory and visual-spatial processing, may shape the outcomes for children with CP, indicating potential areas for targeted cognitive interventions.

    “Specific cognitive deficits, particularly in working memory and visual-spatial processing, may shape the outcomes for children with CP, indicating potential areas for targeted cognitive interventions [35].”

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Laporta-Hoyos, O., Pannek, K., Pagnozzi, A. M., Whittingham, K., Wotherspoon, J., Benfer, K., Fiori, S., Ware, R. S., & Boyd, R. N.
Affiliations
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • University of Pisa (IT)
  • Griffith University (AU)
Corresponding author
  • Pannek, Kerstin
  • Pagnozzi, Alex M.
  • Whittingham, Koa
  • Wotherspoon, Jane
  • Fiori, Simona
  • Ware, Robert S.
  • Boyd, Roslyn N.
Venue
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-05
Volume
38
Pages
33-46
ISSN
1090-3798 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4220836454
Cited by
15
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2
FWCI
2.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Paediatric Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
  • Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC465128, 569605, 1105038)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
Keywords
spastic cerebral palsy, brain lesion location, hemispheric lateralization, verbal intelligence, executive function, psychological adjustment, thalamic lesions, parietal lobe lesions, temporal lobe lesions, left hemisphere lateralization
MeSH terms
Bayes Theorem, Brain, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Cognition, Humans, Muscle Spasticity

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review