Introduction: Prematurely born infants often have developmental delays in multiple areas when compared to at term.  Neurodevelopmental supportive care techniques such as Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) or infant massage the potential affect infant’s outcome.  Evidence supports benefits of parent-administered terms premature infants’ growth, weight gain and length hospitalisation; however, effect on ...

PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between obesity and gross motor development in children who are developing typically and determine whether body mass index (BMI) predicts difficulty in gross motor skills. METHODS BMIs were calculated and gross motor skills examined in 50 children who were healthy aged 3 to 5 years using the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, 2nd edition (PDMS-2). Pear...

BACKGROUND To determine whether using mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) influences motor development of low birth weight (LBW) infants and to compare their motor development with normal birth weight (NBW) infants at the age of 8 to 12 months using Peabody Developmental Motor Scale 2 (PDMS-2). METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted on 70 LBW infants in two...

Concurrent and predictive validities of the Bayley Motor Scale and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales were examined by administering both tests to 23 full-term and 21 healthy premature infants at 12, 15, and 18 months of age. For both groups, a correlation analysis of age-equivalent scores indicated Bayley scores had good to high correlation with Peabody gross motor scores (range, r = .78 t...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the Peabody Developmental Gross Motor Scale (PDMS-GM) as an evaluative measure of infants receiving physical therapy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Infants who attended an early intervention program (N = 124) were grouped by diagnosis: cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, hydrocephalus, preterm with developmental delay, full ter...

objectives: down syndrome (ds) is the most common multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with a developmental disability. children with down syndrome have delay in both motor and mental age. this study carried out to explore relationship between mental and motor age of children with ds. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 participants with ds (5 to 7 years old) using r...

Objectives: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common multiple congenital anomaly syndrome associated with a developmental disability. Children with Down syndrome have delay in both motor and mental age. This study carried out to explore relationship between mental and motor age of children with DS. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 60 participants with DS (5 to 7 years old) usin...