Table 2. Articles organized according to the population classified using the term neuropsychomotor developmental delay.

Nº	Title	Author, year	Type of article	Country	Term	Population
Nº	Title	Author, year	Type of article	Country	Term	Population
1-	Mental development of prematurely born children	Benton, 1940	Cross-sectional	United States	Global developmental delay	Preterm children
2-	Impact of delayed development in premature infants on mother-infant interaction: a prospective investigation	Minde et al, 1998	Longitudinal	Canada	Developmental delay
3-	Relation between very low birth weight and developmental delay among preschool children without disabilities	Schendel et al, 1997	Cross-sectional	United States	Developmental delay
4-	Developmental delay at 12 months in children born extremely preterm	Lando et al, 2005	Longitudinal	United States	Developmental delay
5-	In pursuit of potential: a discussion of developmental delay, structuralization and one child’s efforts at mastery	Socor, 1981	Theoretical	United States	Developmental delay	Children with cerebral palsy
6-	Novelty responding and behavioral development in young, developmentally delayed children	Mundy et al, 1983	Cross-sectional	United States	Developmental delay	Children with chromosomal and congenital abnormalities, hydrocephalus, autism, alcoholic syndrome, and preterm children
7-	Preschool childrwen with developmental delays: nursing intervention	Steele, 1998	Descriptive	United States	Developmental delay
8-	Benefits of early intervention for children with developmental disabilities	Majnemer, 1998	Theoretical	Canada	Global developmental delay
9-	Neurodevelopmental delay in small babies at term: a systematic review	Arcangeli et al, 2012	Review	United Kingdom	Developmental delay
10-	Semiology of growth restriction: diagnostic script	Marcondes, 1983	Theoretical	Brazil	Neuropsychomotor developmental delay	Children with mental retardation
11-	The etiology of developmental delay	Aircardi, 1998	Theoretical	England	Developmental delay
12-	Radiological findings in developmental delay	Shaefer et al, 1998	Theoretical	United States	Developmental delay
13-	Early experience and early intervention for children at risk for developmental delay and mental retardation	Ramey et al, 1999	Review	United States	Developmental delay
14-	Diagnostic evaluation of developmental delay/mental retardation: an overview	Bataglia et al, 2003	Review	United States	Developmental delay
15-	Peer-related social interactions of developmentally delayed young children: development and characteristics	Guranilk et al, 1984	Longitudinal	United States	Developmental delay	Children with chromosomal and congenital abnormalities and preterm children.
16-	Identifying patterns of developmental delays can help diagnose neurodevelopmental disorders	Tervo, 2006	Theoretical	United Kingdom	Global developmental delay
17-	Differences in the memory-based searching of delayed and normally developing young children	Deloache et al, 1987	Cross-sectional	United States	Developmental delay	Children with cerebral palsy, delayed language skills and preterm children
18-	Variability in adaptive behavior in children with developmental delay	Bloom et al, 1994	Cross-sectional	United States	Developmental delay	Children with mental retardation and preterm children
19-	The negative effects of positive reinforcement in teaching children with developmental delay	Bierdeman et al, 1994	Cross-sectional	Canada	Developmental delay
20-	Evaluation of neurodevelopmental delay in special-needs children at a university subnormal vision service	Sampaio et al, 1999	Cross-sectional	Brazil	Neuropsychomotor developmental delay	Children with sensory impairment
21-	Early rehabilitation service utilization patterns in young children with developmental delays	Majnemer et al, 2002	Longitudinal	Canada	Global developmental delay	Children with global delay, with motor delay, with language delay and autism.
22-	Global developmental delay and its relationship to cognitive	Grether, 2007	Theoretical	United States	Global developmental delay	Children with mental retardation, delayed motor development
23-	Does race influence age of diagnosis for children with developmental delay?	Mann et al, 2008	Longitudinal	United States	Developmental delay	Children with cerebral palsy, with language delay and sensory impairment