Tag: premature infants


  • Walking Experience and Locomotor Exploration in Premature Infants: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

    Walking Experience and Locomotor Exploration in Premature Infants: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

    Introduction Prematurity, defined as birth before 37 weeks of gestational age, affects millions of infants worldwide each year. Beyond immediate medical concerns, prematurity can influence long-term neurodevelopment, including motor exploration—the way infants explore their environment through movement. This article summarizes a comparative cross-sectional study examining how walking experience interacts with locomotor exploration in prematurely born…

  • Deep Breaths and Lung Relief: New Lung Mechanisms

    Deep Breaths and Lung Relief: New Lung Mechanisms

    New Insights into How Deep Breaths Help the Lungs Breathing is something most people take for granted, yet the act of taking a deep breath triggers a complex mechanical response inside the lungs. Recent research by a collaboration of European and American scientists sheds light on why deep breaths can feel so relieving and how…