A major requirement to design an implant is to develop our understanding of the applied internal forces during everyday activities. In the absence of any basic apparatus for measuring forces directly, it is essential to rely on modelling. The major aim of this study was therefore to understand the biomechanical function of subjects with the reversed anatomy Bayley-Walker prosthesis, using an in...

PURPOSE To determine specific motor skills in premature infants, match those that correlate with standards tests of motor performance, and MRS measures of abnormal brain biochemistry. METHODS Prospective cohort study of preterm infants (n=22). Infant motor assessments were completed at term and 12 weeks corrected gestational age (CGA) using the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) and Bayl...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of gestational age and birth weight on language development and neurodevelopmental outcome at age 3 years in children born preterm. METHOD Cross sectional study including 69 children followed in our developmental outpatient clinic. Patients were consecutively included at the time of the 3 years of age appointment and stratified for birth weight (<1500 grams...

OBJECTIVE To determine predictive validity of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener (BINS) during the first 2 years of life with a group of children at risk for developmental delay due to environmental risk factors. METHOD The setting consisted of home visits to participants. The BINS was administered to 106 children, ages 6 and 13 months, of low-income, African American, adolescent m...

BACKGROUND In Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa at large, there has been heavy reliance on the "Caucasian data" in the developmental assessment of children. Hence, this study set out to establish normative data for psychomotor development on Nigerian children. STUDY DESIGN One hundred and twenty eight children distributed equally to eight different integrative age groups between 8 weeks and 30 m...

This study evaluates the neurodevelopment of children living near contaminated mining industries during their first year of life. Participants from the city of Oruro (Bolivia) were prospectively recruited during pregnancy. Follow-up occurred between May 2007 and November 2009. Information about the socioeconomic status and medical history of the pregnant women were collected using questionnaire...