NCT04313478

The Relationship Between Segmental Trunk Control and Gross Motor Performance in Low Birth Weight Born Infant

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 85 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months – 9 Months
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

This study aimed to examine the relation between trunk control and gross motor performance in LBW and NBW infants.

Detailed description

Preterm infants are observed to have reduced trunk extension in the prone position, rigid postural patterns while reaching a toy, fewer movement reactions, trunk rotation, head control, and muscle tone than term infants. To distinguish between the infant with typical motor development and the one with atypical / abnormal motor development and to follow up the level of their trunk controls is important to identify of the motor development delay in the early stage of life. This cross-sectional study included 42 LBW infants and 43 NBW infants at between 3 and 9 months of age. We investigated the association between the gross motor function and the segmental trunk controls of the LBW infants at the 3-9 months of age compared to NBW infants.

Conditions

• Early Intervention
• Low Birth Weight Infants
• Term Infants

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Low Birth Weight and Normal Weight infants	This cross-sectional study included LBW and NW infants at between 3 and 9 months of age. The levels of trunk control were investigated by using the Segmental Assessment Trunk Control (SATCo). The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) were used for assessment of gross motor performance and identify typical and atypical motor development of infants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-30
• Completion: 2020-03-03
• First posted: 2020-03-18
• Last updated: 2022-02-04