[A comparative follow up study about intellectual and motoric development of breech presentations (author's transl)]

75 breech- and 71 cephalic deliveries between the years 1965-1970 at the University Clinic, Mannheim, were later examined in their 3 rd. to 7 th. years of life with respect to intelligence and motor developments. Mean intelligence quotient (IQ) of breech deliveries was 109, cephalic deliveries 110. The IQ was correlated with following other criteria: lie, age and parity of the mother, EPH-Gestose, methods of delivery, course and duration of labor, first Apgar score, weight of infant, bilirubin concentration, suspect cerebral damage and morbidity between discharge and recall for examinations. No significant differences in intelligence or motor development were found between the two groups of children.