Crawl Position Depends on Specific Earlier Motor Skills
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Alicja Naczk; Ewa Gajewska; Mariusz Naczk; Paulina Komasińska; Barbara Steinborn; Magdalena Sobieska; Jerzy Moczko; Anna Winczewska-Wiktor
- Source
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5605, p 5605 (2021)
Journal of Clinical Medicine; Volume 10; Issue 23; Pages: 5605
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Supine position
animal structures
neurodevelopment
business.industry
urogenital system
fungi
General Medicine
infant
children
motor performance
qualitative assessment
Article
Prone position
Neurological assessment
Position (obstetrics)
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
mental disorders
Medicine
business
Motor skill
psychological phenomena and processes
- Language
- ISSN
- 2077-0383
Early assessment of motor performance should allow not only the detection of disturbances but also create a starting point for the therapy. Unfortunately, a commonly recognised method that should combine these two aspects is still missing. The aim of the study is to analyse the relationship between the qualitative assessment of motor development at the age of 3 months and the acquisition of the crawl position in the 7th month of life. A total of 135 children were enrolled (66 females). The analysis was based on physiotherapeutic and neurological assessment and was performed in the 3rd, 7th and 9th months of life in children, who were classified according to whether they attained the crawl position or not in the 7th month. Children who did not attain the crawl position in the 7th month did not show distal elements of motor performance at the age of 3 months and thus achieved a lower sum in the qualitative assessment. Proper position of the pelvis at the age of 3 months proved to be very important for the achievement of the proper crawl position at the 7th month. Failure to attain the crawl position in the 7th month delays further motor development. The proximal-distal development must be achieved before a child is able to assume the crawl position. Supine position in the 3rd month seemed more strongly related to achieving the crawl position than assessment in the prone position.