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Determining if wearable sensors affect infant leg movement frequency

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: PURPOSE: There is interest in using wearable sensors to measure infant leg movement patterns; however, they were not developed for infant use and their presence may adversely affect infant movement production. Their weight may discourage leg movement production, or their presence may annoy an infant and encourage higher rates of leg movement production. Our purpose was to determine whether wearable sensors affected the frequency of infant leg movements produced. METHOD: We included 10 infants with typical development and 10 infants at risk of developmental delay, between 2 and 10 months' chronological age. RESULTS: After collecting and analyzing video recordings of infants, we found a negligible difference between the numbers of spontaneous leg movements made while infants wore sensors, compared to those without sensors. CONCLUSIONS: Wearable sensors have a negligible effect on the frequency of infant leg movement production, supporting their use in infant movement analysis.

Source: Developmental Neurorehabilitation

DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2017.1331471

Authors: Crystal Jiang, Christianne J. Lane, Emily Perkins, Derek Schiesel, Beth A. Smith

Institution: University of Southern California

Language: English

Topic: Children's Physical and Motor Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: International Business Machines Corporation, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development