ArticleDevelopmental psychobiology2019
Use it or lose it? Effects of age, experience, and disuse on crawling.
Article in Developmental psychobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Research on the electromyography-based pattern recognition for inter-limb coordination in human crawling motion.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Muscle synergy analysis of eight inter-limb coordination modes during human hands-knees crawling movement.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Locomotor learning in infants at high risk for cerebral palsy: A study protocol.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Real-Time Assembly of Coordination Patterns in Human Infants.Current biology : CB · 2020Observational
- The development of gait and mobility: Form and function in infant locomotion.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive scienceReview
- An update of the development of motor behavior.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive scienceReview
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Abstract
What happens to early acquired but later abandoned motor skills? To investigate effects of disuse on early-developing motor skills, we examined crawling in two groups of habitual crawlers (34 6-12-month-old infants and five adults with Uner Tan Syndrome) and two groups of rusty crawlers (27 11-12-year-old children and 13 college-aged adults). Habitual crawlers showed striking similarities in gait patterns, limbs supporting the body, and crawling speed, despite dramatic differences in crawling practice, posture, and body size. Habitual crawlers trotted predominantly, whereas rusty crawlers showed a variety of gait patterns. Within sequences, habitual crawlers and children showed more switches in gait patterns than young adults. Children crawled faster and kept fewer limbs on the grounds than the other groups. Old crawling patterns were retained despite disuse, but new ones were also added. Surprisingly, results indicate that nothing was lost with disuse, but some features of crawling were gained or altered.
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