Correlation between babies motor function and 6-7 years old children’s posture, body balance and hand function

Abstract

Every year more and more are diagnosed specific development disorder of motor function in infancy. This diagnosis is adjusted very well by physical therapy [1]. There are not many studies focused on whether specific developmental disorder of motor function in infancy correlate with 6-7 years old children’s posture, body balance and hand function and what is the changes of this correlation after physical therapy in infancy. Research aim - to observe how motor function in infancy correlate with 6-7 years old children’s posture, body balance and hand function. Methods. Thirty-five 6-7 years (17 boys and 18 girls) old children participated in this study. All children were right-handed. All children had specific development disorder of motor function (ICD10-F-82) in infancy being 4-11 months old. All these children in infancy participated in physical therapy program (16 physical therapy procedures) and after the program their motor delay disappeared – motor development matched the child age. Babies motor development evaluation (before and after physical therapy) was done using certified assessment scale – Munich Functional Developmental Diagnostics. The posture by W.K. Hoeger scale, balance by computerized platform were assessed for 6-7 years old children. On the balance platform were performed 6 exercises. The first 3 tests were taken in sagittal plane and other 3 tests in frontal plane. The first and fourth tests were conducted with feedback – children saw the line in the computer screen and tried to hold on it as straight as possible. The second and fifth[...].