Tag: Walking experience
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Walking Experience Shapes Locomotor Exploration in Premature Infants
Understanding prematurity and early motor development Premature birth—defined as delivery before 37 weeks of gestational age—affects millions of infants worldwide and poses unique challenges for early motor development. Incomplete intrauterine maturation often leads to differences in muscle strength, coordination, and sensory processing. As clinicians and researchers seek to optimize outcomes, questions arise about how experiences…
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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…