This systematic review evaluates assessments used to discriminate, predict, or evaluate the motor development of preterm infants during the first year of life. Eighteen assessments were identified; nine met the inclusion criteria. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development -- Version III, Peabody Developmental Motor Scales -- Version 2, Test of Infant ...

OBJECTIVE This article was designed to investigate effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on motor development of young children from a predominately underprivileged, urban population. METHODOLOGY A total of 260 infants and young children were initially recruited from either the newborn nursery or the at-risk pediatric clinic of an urban teaching hospital. Prenatal history and birth outcomes we...

Objectives: Movement is a continuous aspect of life and an important factor to achieve the goals and meet the needs. Regarding the importance of infantś motor assessment and the large number of children with motor disorders, a valid and reliable test is required to help evaluation of motor development and provide appropriate interventions by therapists and educators. This study was implemented ...

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 ...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceptual – motor experience on motor development quotient of fine and gross motor skills in infants. fifteen 5-8-month-old healthy infants participated randomly in this study and were divided homogenously into two groups (experimental and control) according to their age. experimental group had 36 training sessions, each session an hou...

This critical analysis of relevant studies was completed to address this clinical question: In infants and toddlers born prematurely, was the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II (BSID-II) or the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales 2 (PDMS-2) more effective at detecting gross motor delays. Three databases were searched for relevant articles to answer the PICO question. In total, 587 articles w...

This study examined the effectiveness of the Young Athletes program to promote motor development in preschool-aged children with disabilities. In the study, 233 children were randomly assigned to a control group or the Young Athletes (YA) intervention group which consisted of 24 motor skill lessons delivered 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) showed that children w...

This longitudinal study investigated the rates of iron-deficiency (ID) and iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) among prenatally cocaine-exposed and nonexposed two- and four-year-old children and assessed their relationships to neurodevelopmental outcomes. The sample consisted of 143 two-year-old (70 exposed and 73 nonexposed) and 274 four-year-old (139 exposed and 135 nonexposed) low socioeconomic sta...

This paper explores the effect of precise rehabilitation strategies under international classification functioning, disability and health for children youth (ICF-CY) on motor function with cerebral palsy. Under framework ICF-CY, observation team is designed evaluated from physical functions, activities participation, environmental factors, develops individualized that are tailored to individual...

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...