START-Play Physical Therapy Intervention Indirectly Impacts Cognition Through Changes in Early Motor-Based Problem-Solving Skills.

Autor: Koziol NA; Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (Dr Koziol), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy (Drs Kretch and Dusing), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Physical Therapy Department (Dr Harbourne), Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Biomechanics and Movement Science Program and Physical Therapy Department (Dr Lobo), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (Drs McCoy and Hsu), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Rehabilitation and Movement Science (Ms Molinini), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; Department of Psychological Science (Dr Babik), Boise State University, Boise, Idaho; University of Nebraska Medical Center (Dr Cunha), University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; Munroe Meyer Institute (Dr Willett), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Educational Psychology (Dr Bovaird), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska., Kretch KS, Harbourne RT, Lobo MA, McCoy SW, Molinini R, Hsu LY, Babik I, Cunha AB, Willett SL, Bovaird JA, Dusing SC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association [Pediatr Phys Ther] 2023 Jul 01; Vol. 35 (3), pp. 293-302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 18.
DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000001016
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study tested whether the Sitting Together and Reaching to Play (START-Play) physical therapy intervention indirectly impacts cognition through changes in perceptual-motor skills in infants with motor delays.
Methods: Participants were 50 infants with motor delays randomly assigned to START-Play plus Usual Care Early Intervention (UC-EI) or UC-EI only. Infants' perceptual-motor and cognitive skills were assessed at baseline and 1.5, 3, 6, and 12 months post-baseline.
Results: Short-term changes in sitting, fine motor skills, and motor-based problem-solving, but not reaching, predicted long-term changes in cognition. START-Play indirectly impacted cognition through motor-based problem-solving but not sitting, reaching, or fine motor skills.
Conclusions: This study provided preliminary evidence that early physical therapy interventions that blend activities across developmental domains and are supported by an enriched social context can place infants on more optimal developmental trajectories.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright © 2023 Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.)
Databáze: MEDLINE