Quantity of spontaneous touches to body and surface in very preterm and healthy term infants

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作者：

Stupperich, Sophie ^{[1
,2
]}

Dathe, Anne-Kathrin ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

DiMercurio, Abigail ^{[4
]}

Connell, John P. ^{[5
]}

Baumann, Nicole ^{[6
,7
,8
,9
]}

Jover, Marianne ^{[10
]}

Corbetta, Daniela ^{[5
]}

Jaekel, Julia ^{[1
,9
,11
,12
]}

Felderhoff-Mueser, Ursula ^{[1
,2
]}

Huening, Britta ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Duisburg Essen, Univ Hosp Essen, Dept Paediat 1, Essen, Germany

[2] Univ Duisburg Essen, Ctr Translat Neuro & Behav Sci, C TNBS, Fac Med, Essen, Germany

[3] Ernst Abbe Univ Appl Sci Jena, Dept Hlth & Nursing, Occupat Therapy, Jena, Germany

[4] Kennesaw State Univ, Dept Psychol Sci, Kennesaw, GA USA

[5] Univ Tennessee, Dept Psychol, Knoxville, TN USA

[6] Univ Hosp Wurzburg, Dept Pediat, Wurzburg, Germany

[7] Monash Univ, Sch Psychol Sci, Clayton, Vic, Australia

[8] Univ Leicester, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Leicester, Leics, England

[9] Univ Warwick, Dept Psychol, Coventry, W Midlands, England

[10] Aix Marseille Univ, Ctr Rech Psychol Connaissance Langage & Emot, Marseille, France

[11] Univ Oulu, Fac Educ & Psychol, Dept Psychol, Oulu, Finland

[12] Univ Copenhagen, Dept Psychol, Copenhagen, Denmark

来源：

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2024年 / 15卷

关键词：

preterm infants; motor development; spontaneous touches; very low birthweight; healthy term infants; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL MOVEMENTS; BRAIN-DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; BORN PRETERM; CHILDREN; BIRTH; CARE; EXPLORATION; INJURY;

D O I：

10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1459009

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Background: Spontaneous movements are a crucial part of early motor development. Healthy term infants may produce up to 200 spontaneous touches to their body and surface in 10 minutes with their hands. The existing literature shows differences in early motor development between very preterm (<32weeks gestation) and healthy term infants. It is not known whether the quantity of spontaneous touches differs between very preterm infants and healthy term infants. Aims: This study investigates whether the overall quantity of spontaneous touches to body and surface is lower among low-risk very preterm infants compared with healthy term infants. Methods: Videos of 25 low-risk very preterm infants (10 female) at a mean corrected age of 13weeks [Mean =12.76, Standard Deviation (SD)=1.07] were recorded during clinical routine and compared with videos of five healthy term infants (chronological mean age=9.00, SD=0.63). Spontaneous touches of both hands were coded, assessing number and location of each touch (i.e., body vs. surface). Results: Very preterm infants showed significantly fewer overall touches per minute (Mean =8.87, SD=4.13) than healthy term infants (Mean =13.19, SD=4.28), 95% Confidence Interval (CI)=[0.00, 6.84] (p=0.029). Discussion and conclusion: This study shows that low-risk very preterm infants, on average, produce fewer spontaneous touches than healthy term infants at three months of corrected age. The present study provides important exploratory evidence for further studies, particularly longitudinal investigations of all dimensions of development.

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