Abstract

CASTELLANOS-GARRIDO, Adriana Lucía et al. Low birth weight premature children's motor development age compared to their corrected age. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2014, vol.62, n.2, pp.205-211. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v62n2.45376.

Background. Motor development in premature infants is recognised as being slow and involves a different quality of movement. Tools which are sensitive in detecting motor development-related characteristics should thus be used in assessing this population's motor skills. Objective. Identifying the difference between corrected age and motor development age in a group of infants involved in the Suba Hospital's Kangaroo Mother programme during the second half of 2013. Materials and methods. This was a descriptive correlational study; sample n=15 premature infants and/or low birth weight children measured by the Alberta infant motor scale. Correlations were made with variables such as chronological age (in months), corrected age, weeks of gestation, height and weight. Results. The relationship between infants' chronological age, corrected age and weight was found (p<0.05); if any variable increased then motor age increased. There was 1.5 months difference between chronological age and motor development corrected age (p<0.05). Conclusions. The motor development age and corrected age of infants involved in Suba Hospital's Kangaroo Plan had significant differences, ratifying the idea that, when needed, physiotherapy must be constant and provided early on.

Keywords : Physical Therapy Specialty; Infant; Premature; Motor Skills.

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