OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to identify interventions that improve the motor
development of preterm infants. DATA SOURCES: An a priori protocol was agreed upon …

Video Abstract OBJECTIVE To test efficacy of a parent-delivered multidomain early
intervention (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents [LEAP-CP]) for infants with …

Infants' minutes long babbling bouts or repetitive reaching for or mouthing of whatever they
can get their hands on gives very much the impression of active exploration, a building block …

Background Existing motor pattern assessment methods, such as digital cameras and
optoelectronic systems, suffer from object obstruction and require complex setups. To …

Prior research on infant reaching has shown that providing infants with repeated
opportunities to reach for objects aids the emergence and progression of reaching behavior …

The authors' aim was to verify the correlation between segmental trunk control and gross
motor performance in healthy preterm (PT) and full-term (FT) infants aged 6 and 7 months …

This study compared the effects of a short bout of practice on reaching behavior between
late preterm and full-term infants at the onset of goal-directed reaching. Twelve late preterm …

Objective To examine whether a brief reaching training with sticky mittens was effective to
improve reaching behavior in newly reaching preterm infants. Methods In this randomized …

This article aims to: 1) highlight general exploration, reaching, and object exploration
behaviors as key activities of daily living in infancy, 2) describe how knowledge of early …

Preterm infants are at risk for emotional difficulties and behavioral problems. This study was
aimed to investigate the effects of a clinic-based intervention program (CBIP) and a home …