ReviewPhysical therapy2013
Grounding early intervention: physical therapy cannot just be about motor skills anymore.
Review in Physical therapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05307523 (Up and Down), which is not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Up and Down: Use of Dynamic Partial Body Weight Support Play Environment to Encourage Upright Mobility and Exploration in Infants With Down Syndrome (DS)
Who cites it
71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Physical Therapy Management of Congenital Muscular Torticollis: A 2018 Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline From the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association · 2018Guideline
- START-Play Physical Therapy Intervention Impacts Motor and Cognitive Outcomes in Infants With Neuromotor Disorders: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.Physical therapy · 2021Trial
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- Theoretical framework of the neuro and psychomotor therapist for developmental age: an Italian perspective for paediatric rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Characteristics of intellectual development in children diagnosed with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Surveying the Perspectives of Parents and Professionals on Providing Upright, Hands-Free, Self-Initiated Mobility to Children with Severe Physical and Communication Disabilities.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Infant muscle activity is modified by inclined environments during different styles of rolling.Infant behavior & development · 2025Article
- Early Intervention Including an Active Motor Component in Preterms with Varying Risks for Neuromotor Delay: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Early Independent Wheeled Mobility in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Norwegian Population-Based Registry Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Parental and Educator Perceptions of Implementing Standardized Screenings for Early Detection of Motor Skills in Preschoolers: A Representative Survey.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- Promoting agency and communication through powered mobility: a single-group, repeated measures intervention using the explorer mini in toddlers with motor disabilities.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Quantifying Arm and Leg Movements in 3-Month-Old Infants Using Pose Estimation: Proof of Concept.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Homeostasis-Enrichment-Plasticity (HEPJournal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Alpha oscillations during visual selective attention are aberrant in youth and adults with cerebral palsy.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2024Article
- Reaching While Learning to Sit: Capturing the Kinematics of Co-Developing Skills at Home.Developmental psychobiology · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Prone Skills and Motor-Based Problem-Solving Abilities in Full-Term and Preterm Infants During the First 6 Months of Life.Developmental psychobiology · 2024Article
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- Sitting Capacity and Performance in Infants with Typical Development and Infants with Motor Delay.Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics · 2024Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors.
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Abstract
This perspective article provides support for 4 interrelated tenets: grounded perceptual-motor experience within cultural and social contexts forms cognition; exploration through early behaviors, such as object interaction, sitting, and locomotion, broadly facilitates development; infants and children with limited exploration are at risk for global developmental impairments; and early interventions targeting exploratory behaviors may be feasible and effective at advancing a range of abilities across developmental domains and time. These tenets emphasize that through the promotion of early perceptual-motor behaviors, broader, more global developmental advancements can be facilitated and future delays can be minimized across domains for infants and children with special needs. Researchers, educators, and clinicians should build on these tenets to further demonstrate the effectiveness of targeted early interventions. The goals of these interventions should be not only to advance targeted perceptual-motor skills in the moment but also to more broadly advance future abilities and meet the early intervention goal of maximizing children's learning potential.
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