Infants born preterm and infants born full-term generate more selective leg joint movement during the scaffolded mobile task.

ABSTRACT: Infants born very preterm (PT), prior to 32 weeks gestation, are at increased risk of developing cerebral palsy. Children with spastic cerebral palsy have impaired selective leg joint movement, which contributes to lifelong walking limitations. We investigated whether infants born PT generated more selective hip-knee joint movement (e.g., hip flexes as knee extends) while participating in a scaffolded mobile task. Infants born PT and infants born full-term (FT) at 4 months corrected age participated in a scaffolded mobile task for 2-3 consecutive days. The scaffolded mobile task required infants to raise their legs vertically over a virtual threshold. Three threshold heights (low, middle, and high) were used to test whether the middle and high heights encourage infants to move their legs m

SUBMITTER: Kim JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8349863 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature