Postural control during the development of walking in infancy
Completed
- Conditions
- we study typical development as a prerequisite for understanding of atypical development10010335
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON41830
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 26
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy full-term infants, i.e. infants born after a gestational age of at least 37 weeks without prenatal, perinatal or neonatal complications.
At the verge of being able to stand independently. This is defined as being able to stand with the help of support, e.g., furniture, but not being able to stand independently.
Parents or legal representatives will provide written informed consent
Parents
Exclusion Criteria
Admission to the paediatric department of a hospital
Severe congenital abnormalities, such as serious congenital heart disorders or a chromosomal condition
Birth weight below the tenth percentile
Neurological abnormalities
Parents have insufficient understanding of the Dutch language.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Direction-specificity at neck, trunk and leg level. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary muscle parameters: patterns of muscle activation, recruitment order,<br /><br>latencies, anticipatory activation. Secondary kinematic parameters: head<br /><br>stability, joint angle changes, kinematic parameters of reaching movements such<br /><br>as movement units and reaching duration.</p><br>