Factors influencing on gross motor skills in infants: Implications for walking development

IF 2.2 3区医学 Q2 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Early human development Pub Date : 2024-07-10 DOI:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106076

Noppharath Sangkarit, Weerasak Tapanya

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Abstract

Background

This longitudinal study aimed to explore the impact of containers on gross motor percentile from 8 to 13 months corrected age during the walking development in moderate to late preterm infants.

Methods

Sixty preterm infants were enrolled in this study, and their monthly assessment the gross motor percentile using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. Monthly parent interviews focused on collecting information about container characteristics.

Results

Infants exhibited fluctuating percentiles in gross motor development, averaging 37.81 (SD = 21.9; SEM = 1.4). The gross motor skills percentiles varied between 2 and 86 points across the six assessments. Factors significantly associated with gross motor development percentiles were a large container size (Coef. = 15.29; p < 0.001*) and a container with a soft floor surface (Coef. = 3.64; p = 0.042*).

Conclusion

Healthy preterm infants exhibited minimal instability in gross motor development and attained walking independently by 13 months. Placing preterm infants in a baby container during their first year should prioritize a wide space and a soft floor surface to enhance gross motor development.

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影响婴儿粗大运动技能的因素：对行走发育的影响

背景这项纵向研究旨在探讨在中晚期早产儿的行走发育过程中，容器对 8 到 13 个月纠正月龄期间的大运动百分位数的影响。方法本研究共招募了 60 名早产儿，使用阿尔伯塔婴儿运动量表对他们的大运动百分位数进行每月评估。每月对家长进行一次访谈，重点收集有关容器特征的信息。结果婴儿的粗大运动发育百分位数波动较大，平均为 37.81（SD = 21.9；SEM = 1.4）。在六次评估中，粗大运动技能百分位数在 2 到 86 分之间变化。与粗大运动能力百分位数明显相关的因素是大型容器（Coef.将早产儿安置在婴儿箱中的第一年，应优先考虑宽敞的空间和柔软的地面，以促进大运动的发展。

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来源期刊

Early human development 医学-妇产科学

CiteScore

4.40

自引率

4.00%

发文量

100

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： Established as an authoritative, highly cited voice on early human development, Early Human Development provides a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians to bridge the communication gap between disciplines. Creating a forum for the productive exchange of ideas concerning early human growth and development, the journal publishes original research and clinical papers with particular emphasis on the continuum between fetal life and the perinatal period; aspects of postnatal growth influenced by early events; and the safeguarding of the quality of human survival. The first comprehensive and interdisciplinary journal in this area of growing importance, Early Human Development offers pertinent contributions to the following subject areas: Fetology; perinatology; pediatrics; growth and development; obstetrics; reproduction and fertility; epidemiology; behavioural sciences; nutrition and metabolism; teratology; neurology; brain biology; developmental psychology and screening.