Feet Reaching in Infants Born Preterm

Participants: Doreen Bartlett, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, and authors James Cole Galloway, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, and Jill C. Heathcock, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Moderator: Rebecca L. Craik, PT, PhD, FAPTA, PTJ Editor in Chief.

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• Discussion Podcast - Reevaluate the principles upon which development occurs—and look not just at the brain, and not just at behavior, but at “brain behavior.” Bartlett, Heathcock, and Galloway discuss the implications of “Exploring Objects With Feet Advances Movement in Infants Born Preterm: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” This discussion is dedicated to Dr Esther Thelen, the developmental psychologist who “applied dynamics systems theory—which the public knows as chaos theory—to the study of movement of babies,” explains Craik.

  Quick grabs:

  “When we think about preterm babies and babies who are born with either significant brain injury or not significant brain injury, we’re really talking about one of our most fragile populations.”
  
  “We don’t know how the cerebellum develops because we only have really good data on the adults.”
  
  “This paper makes a huge contribution to the knowledge that indicates development does not occur cephalocaudally.”

  Running time: 24:35 (12.2 MB)

  Posted: 12/7/2009

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