Handwriting performance in preterm children compared with term peers at age 6 to 7 years Katya P Feder* PhD OT (C), Rehabilitation Science; Annette Majnemer PhD OT (C), Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University; Daniel Bourbonnais PhD OT, Professor, School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal; Robert Platt PhD, Departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Marc Blayney MD, Department of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario; Anne Synnes MD MHSc, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. *Correspondence to first author at 187 Goulburn Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 8E3, Canada. E-mail:
[email protected]
Preterm infants are at high risk for developmental impairments at school age. However, the impact of these impairments on important life skills, such as handwriting, is unknown. Fortyeight first-grade children (27 males, 21 females; mean age 6y 7mo, SD 3.9mo; range 6y 1mo to 7y 3mo) born preterm (birthweight
