Locomotor learning in infants at high risk for cerebral palsy: A study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical disability in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) creates lifelong mobility challenges and healthcare costs. Despite this, very little is known about how infants at high risk for CP learn to move and acquire early locomotor skills, which set the foundation for lifelong mobility. The objective of this project is to characterize the evolution of locomotor learning over the first 18 months of life in infants at high risk for CP. To characterize how locomotor skill is learned, we will use robotic and sensor technology to provide intervention and longitudinally study infant movement across three stages of the development of human motor control: early spontaneous movement, prone locomotion (crawling), and upright locomotion (walking).

Study design

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SUBMITTER: Prosser LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9995839 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature