Movement Quality in Preterm Infants Prior to Term
| Autor: | K von Siebenthal, Tanja H. Kakebeeke, Remo H. Largo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Aging
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Status Gestational Age Motor Activity medicine Humans Brain Diseases Pregnancy Fetus medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Infant Newborn Gestational age Body movement medicine.disease Echoencephalography Term (time) In utero Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Gestation business Infant Premature Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Neonatology. 73:145-154 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7819 1661-7800 |
| Popis: | Quality of spontaneous movement behavior (fluency, spatiotemporal variation and sequencing) was studied from birth to term in high-risk preterm (n = 18), low-risk preterm (n = 18) and term (n = 20) infants. Cranial ultrasonography was performed during the first week of life and the child’s general health was considered. The results were as follows: (1) In their first week of life, preterm infants displayed lower scores on all quality parameters when compared to term infants (p < 0.001). (2) Quality of spatiotemporal variation and sequencing decreased up to term (p < 0.01). These findings could be attributed to maturational differences, too early exposure to an extrauterine environment, and cerebral lesions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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