Socioenvironmental risk infants
Conditions
Interventions
Participants: socioenvironmental risk infants who will be randomly distributed in two groups: experimental (EG) (n = 20), which will perform the specific task training associated with the use of Velcr
and control (CG) (n = 20), which will be submitted to social interaction.
Frequency and total training duration for EG and CG: 1 session per day with 20 minutes of training each session, for 4 consec
Behavioural
N02.421.143.130.320
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Eligibility
Age
2 Months to 4 Months
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Socioeconomic risk infants with adequate birth weight for gestational age, Apgar between 7 and 10 in the first and fifth minutes, respectively, classified among classes C - E in the Brazilian Economic Classification Criteria of the Brazilian Association of Research Companies (ABEP), and which are in the "less than adequate" descriptive category in the Affordances Instrument in the Home Environment for Motor Development - Baby Scale (AHEMD-IS).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Infants whose medical records report the occurrence of 1) orthopedic (recent fracture) and / or musculoskeletal disorders that prevent the extension of the upper limbs, 2) visual and auditory changes, 3) cardiorespiratory changes, 4) anoxia, 5) premature birth, 6) signs of neurological complications (eg seizures, intracranial hemorrhage), 7) congenital malformations and 8) genetic syndromes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaching performance - measured as the mean values of kinematics variables of reaching movement (straightness index, movement unit, movement duration, deceleration time, mean velocity, peak speed) and the frequency of unimanual and bimanual valid of reaching (categorical variables). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional reaching - measured by hand opening/orientation when the infant touches the object (categorical variables). | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAna ;Eloisa Righetto Greco;Tudella
Universidade Federal de São Carlos;Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Outcome results
None listed