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Conditions
Brief summary
This study aimed to verify the effect of seated and supine training on on spatio-temporal parameters of reaching in fullterm infants. It is understood that the development of manual reaching in infants may be influenced by practice. It is believed that especially after the onset of reaching in infants, when the infant still has not practiced skill intensive, specific training can affect their kinematic parameters of reach. This fact may help understanding of how the adaptation process is guided by the body's sensorimotor experiences during the onset of reaching in infants.
Interventions
The experiment consisted of a pre-training and a post-training evaluation. For a period of 4 minutes between both evaluations, two groups will be trained. Only one training session will be applied. The supine training group should be performed in infants while in the supine position on a mat. For the seated training group, the examiner should sit comfortably with the trunk supported, with the legs slightly apart, with hips and knees around 120 degrees and 50 degrees respectively. On your knees
The experiment consisted of a pre-training and a post-training evaluation. For a period of 4 minutes between both evaluations, two groups will be trained. Only one training session will be applied. The supine training group should be performed in infants while in the supine position on a mat. For the seated training group, the examiner should sit comfortably with the trunk supported, with the legs slightly apart, with hips and knees around 120 degrees and 50 degrees respectively. On your knees should be placed a small pillow and, on this, the infant's head. This will encourage the infant to remain face to face with the examiner, with his neck in semi-flexion, facilitating the alignment between head and trunk, and hands at the midline.
Sponsors
Andrea Baraldi Cunha
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Months to 5 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Infants with appropriate for gestational age, or to submit birth weight between the 10th and 90th percentiles on the growth curve, with Apgar scores greater than or equal to seven in first and fifth minutes, which have adequate motor performance according to the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and who are maternal care.
Exclusion criteria
Infants who are born with a gestational age below 37 weeks, low birth weight (below 2500g), with Apgar score below seven in the first and fifth minutes and with congenital central nervous system
Outcome results
None listed