Objectivation of the pre-walking locomotor behaviour: a pilot study.

Not all children learn to crawl on hands and knees. Some of them show other patterns of locomotion, like bottomshuffling, creeping or rolling. It is assumed that these children show a weaker coordination between legs and arms andshoulder- and pelvisgirdle. The aim of this study is (1) examine whether there is a correlation between developmentalfactors and different crawling patterns and (2) to develop a method to measure the crawling coordination in an objectiveway.

Keywords:CRAWLING, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, LOCOMOTION, COORDINATION

Disciplines:Genetics, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Molecular and cell biology, Morphological sciences, Paediatrics and neonatology, Nursing

Project type:Collaboration project