Early full-day leg movement kinematics and swaddling patterns in infants in rural Guatemala: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tools to accurately assess infants' neurodevelopmental status very early in their lives are limited. Wearable sensors may provide a novel approach for very early assessment of infant neurodevelopmental status. This may be especially relevant in rural and low-resource global settings.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal observational study and used wearable sensors to repeatedly measure the kinematic leg movement characteristics of 41 infants in rural Guatemala three times across full days between birth and 6 months of age. In addition, we collected sociodemographic data, growth data, and caregiver estimates of swaddling behaviors. We used visual analysis and multivariable linear mixed models to evaluate the associations between two leg movement kinematic variables

SUBMITTER: Oh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903813 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature