Relationships between full-day arm movement characteristics and developmental status in infants with typical development as they learn to reach: An observational study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Advances in wearable sensor technology now allow us to quantify the number, type and kinematic characteristics of bouts of infant arm movement made across a full day in the natural environment. Our aim here was to determine whether the amount and kinematic characteristics of arm movements made across the day in the natural environment were related to developmental status in infants with typical development as they learned to reach for objects using their arms. Methods: We used wearable sensors to measure arm movement across days and months as infants developed arm reaching skills. In total, 22 infants with typical development participated, aged between 38 and 203 days. Of the participants, 2 infants were measured once and the other 20 infants were measured once pe

SUBMITTER: Shida-Tokeshi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915838 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature