Longitudinal Observation of Healthy Children's Motor Development Using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: [Purpose] To clarify the motor development of healthy infants, we conducted a longitudinal observation survey of healthy Japanese infants. [Subjects] Healthy infants participated in this study (9 males and 5 females age 5-13 months old, birth weight: 2, 474-3, 964 g). Infants belonged to three daycare centers. [Method] An examiner visited the infants at a daycare center monthly, and examined their motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS). [Results] Eleven infants, out of 14, showed higher AIMS than the average at some ages in months and lower AIMS than the average at some ages. [Conclusion] The longitudinal survey confirmed that infants have certain periods when they become capable of new movements and other periods when their development stagnates. It also confirmed that the supine sleep position has no influence on infants' motor development acquisition. This suggests that the impact of physiological motor development must be considered when infants receiving PT become capable of new movement.
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.23.613
Authors: Masayuki Uesugi, Susumu Naruse, Yuri Inoue, Hideki Koeda, Yosihumi Nanba, Makoto Goto, Kentaro Tokuhisa
Institution: Kobe International University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2007293757