Neuromotor repertoires in infants exposed to maternal COVID-19 during pregnancy: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate neuromotor repertoires and developmental milestones in infants exposed to antenatal COVID-19.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Hospital-based study in Los Angeles, USA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between March 2020 and December 2021.

Participants

Infants born to mothers with COVID-19 during pregnancy and prepandemic control infants from the Graz University Database.

Interventions

General movement assessment (GMA) videos between 3 and 5 months post-term age were collected and clinical assessments/developmental milestones evaluated at 6-8 months of age. Cases were matched by gestational age, gender and post-term age to prepandemic neurotypical unexposed controls from the database.

Main outcome measures

Motor Optimality

SUBMITTER: Fajardo Martinez V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9871864 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature