The neurological phenotype of developmental motor patterns during early childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During early childhood, typical human motor behavior reveals a gradual transition from automatic motor patterns to acquired motor skills, by the continuous interplay between nature and nurture. During the wiring and shaping of the underlying motor networks, insight into the neurological phenotype of developmental motor patterns is incomplete. In healthy, typically developing children (0-3 years of age), we therefore aimed to investigate the neurological phenotype of developmental motor patterns.

Methods

In 32 healthy, typically developing children (0-3 years), we video-recorded spontaneous motor behavior, general movements (GMs), and standardized motor tasks. We classified the motor patterns by: (a) the traditional neurodevelopmental approach, by Gestalt percept

SUBMITTER: Kuiper MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346655 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature