Temporal and spatial localisation of general movement complexity and variation-Why Gestalt assessment requires experience.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

General movements' assessment (GMA), based on Gestalt perception, identifies infants at risk of cerebral palsy. However, the requirement of ample experience to construct the assessor's inner criteria for abnormal movement hampers its widespread clinical use. This study aims to describe details of general movements (GMs) in various body parts and to investigate their association with GMA-Gestalt.

Methods

Participants were 24 typically developing infants and 22 very-high-risk infants. GMs were assessed during the writhing (0-8 weeks) and/or fidgety GM phase (2-5 months) by GMA-Gestalt and a semi-quantification of the duration of simple movements and complex movements in various body parts.

Results

During both GM phases, the quality of movement often varied within a

SUBMITTER: Wu YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818473 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature