Trial reportPediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association2015
Behavior During Tethered Kicking in Infants With Periventricular Brain Injury.
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- Early developmental intervention programmes provided post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairment in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Early Motor Interventions on Gross Motor and Locomotor Development for Infants at-Risk of Motor Delay: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- A quarter century of research on infant contingency learning: Current and future directions.Infant behavior & development · 2025Review
- 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
- Habilitation Improves Mouse Gait Development Following Neonatal Brain Injury.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Early Intervention for Children Aged 0 to 2 Years With or at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy: International Clinical Practice Guideline Based on Systematic Reviews.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo describe behavior of children with periventricular brain injury (PBI) in a tethered-kicking intervention.
methodsSixteen infants with PBI were randomly assigned to exercise or no-training in a longitudinal pilot study. Frequencies of leg movements and interlimb coordination were described from videos at 2 and 4 months' corrected age (CA).
resultsEight of the 13 children (62%) with longitudinal data increased the frequency of leg movements while tethered to a mobile between 2 and 4 months' CA. Movement frequency was correlated with scores on the Test of Infant Motor Performance, but no differences between experimental groups were found. Children with typical development at 12 months' CA increased the proportion of leg movements that were synchronous between 2 and 4 months, as did a child with cerebral palsy in the experimental group.
conclusionsThe tethered-kicking intervention facilitates movement in infants with PBI, but effects on development remain to be demonstrated.
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