Movement training advances the emergence of reaching in infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestational age: a randomized clinical trial.(Research Report)

From: Physical Therapy | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: Heathcock, Jill C.; Lobo, Michele; Galloway, James C., (Cole) | Copyright information

Background and Purpose

This study had 2 purposes: (1) to compare the emergence of reaching in infants born full-term and infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestational age and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of a movement training program on the emergence of reaching in this preterm population.

Participants

Twenty-six infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestational age and with a birth weight less than 2,500 g were randomly assigned to receive 20 minutes of...

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