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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2016

Neonatal Diagnostics: Toward Dynamic Growth Charts of Neuromotor Control.

Elizabeth B Torres, Beth Smith, Sejal Mistry, Maria Brincker, Caroline Whyatt

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 authors.

Elizabeth B TorresRutgers University , Brunswick, NJ , USA.
Beth SmithUniversity of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA , USA.
Sejal MistryRutgers University , Brunswick, NJ , USA.
Maria BrinckerUniversity of Massachusetts Boston , Boston, MA , USA.
Caroline WhyattRutgers University , Brunswick, NJ , USA.

Funding

OREGON CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024140 · NCRR · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI ORWOLL, ERIC S. · 2006 to 2011
$61.1M
Rehabilitation Research Career Development ProgramK12HD055929 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI BROWN, DAVID A · 2007 to 2021
$11.7M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024140NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD055929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current rise of neurodevelopmental disorders poses a critical need to detect risk early in order to rapidly intervene. One of the tools pediatricians use to track development is the standard growth chart. The growth charts are somewhat limited in predicting possible neurodevelopmental issues. They rely on linear models and assumptions of normality for physical growth data - obscuring key statistical information about possible neurodevelopmental risk in growth data that actually has accelerated, non-linear rates-of-change and variability encompassing skewed distributions. Here, we use new analytics to profile growth data from 36 newborn babies that were tracked longitudinally for 5 months. By switching to incremental (velocity-based) growth charts and combining these dynamic changes with underlying fluctuations in motor performance - as the transition from spontaneous random noise to a systematic signal - we demonstrate a method to detect very early stunting in the development of voluntary neuromotor control and to flag risk of neurodevelopmental derail.

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accelerometersbabiesinertial measurement unitsmicro-movementsneural control of movementneural developmentstochastic analysiswearable sensors

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PMID27933283
PMCPMC5120129

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