101. Kinematic analysis of kicking movements in preterm infants with very low birth weight and full-term infants
- Author
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Suh-Fang Jeng, Li-Chiou Chen, and Kuo-Inn Tsou Yau
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Knee Joint ,Spontaneous movements ,Movement ,Video Recording ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Corrected Age ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Infant, Very Low Birth Weight ,Leg ,Age Factors ,Infant, Newborn ,Gestational age ,Infant ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,Low birth weight ,Female ,Hip Joint ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Full term infants ,Ankle Joint ,Infant, Premature - Abstract
Background and Purpose. Study of kicking development provides important information to understand how early spontaneous movements change in infants as they acquire voluntary control. Researchers have investigated the kicking movements of preterm infants; however, the movement patterns that they have described were inconsistent. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to examine the development of kicking movements with kinematic analysis in preterm infants with very low birth weight (VLBW) and full-term infants. Subjects and Methods. Twenty-two infants with VLBW who were divided into low gestational age (gestational age of
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- 2002