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Toe Walking and Language Development

Pasquale Accardo, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Jill Morrow, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine

M. Susan Heaney, M.D.

Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Barbara Whitman, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Terry Tomazic, Ph. D.

Department of Research Methodology, St. Louis University

Neurodevelopmental markers that are present early in childhood may identify children at risk for later developmental disabilities. This paper attempts to clarify the relationship between one such proposed marker, toe walking, and language development in a general pediatric population. One hundred sixty-three children being seen for well-child visits were included in the study. Information from each child's caretaker was obtained for language development and a history of toe walking; observation of toe walking during the visit was also included. The frequency of toe walking was 24%. Language quotients were calculated and compared for toe walkers (n=39) and non-toe walkers (n=127). The mean language quotient for toe walkers tended to be consistently lower than that for non-toe walkers. The specificity of toe walking for low language scores was 85% but had a sensitivity of only 32%. Although an association between toe walking and language delay is supported by the present data, the association does not appear to be clinically significant.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 31, No. 3, 158-160 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289203100306
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