Association between the General Movement Optimality Score and clinical features in newborns during hospitalization: A cross-sectional study

Mallmann, Geruza de Souza; França, Andressa Lagoa Nascimento; Almeida, Priscila Rímoli de; Oliveira, Lucimeire Souza de; Merey, Leila Simone Foerster; Soares, Daniele de Almeida

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105720

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“…Studies have reported that low birth weight ( Munhoz et al, 2022 ) and prolonged stay at the NICU ( Blauw-Hospers and Hadders-Algra, 2005 ; Saccani et al, 2013 ; Mallmann et al, 2023 ) may be harmful to early development. At the NICU, the newborn is manipulated approximately 40 to 130 times in a 24-h period, being exposed to several adverse procedures ( Gottfried and Hodgman, 1984 ; Aita and Goulet, 2003 ; Nicolau et al, 2011 ).…”

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Late preterm and very preterm infants differ in the acquisition time and quantity of reaches with grasping at reaching onset: an exploratory study

França,

Teruia,

de Oliveira Arguelho

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe onset of manual reaching allows the expansion of the infant’s interaction with the environment. When born preterm, infants become vulnerable to problems in the development of reaching. However, it is still unknown whether there are differences in reaching according to the degree of prematurity.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the differences in reaching acquisition and behavior between late preterm and very preterm infants, as well as whether age and clinical variables influence the results.MethodThis is an exploratory, comparative, observational study. In total, 24 infants were included soon after reaching onset; 12 infants were born late preterm (35.55 ± 0.67 gestational weeks) and 12 very preterm (30.60 ± 0.05 gestational weeks). Infants were placed in a baby seat, and a toy was placed at a reachable distance for 2 min. Reaching behavior was the primary variable; birth weight and length of hospital stay were secondary variables.ResultsThe age of reaching onset was higher in the very preterm group. The proportion of reaches with grasping was higher in the late preterm group. These differences were affected by the lower birth weight and longer length of hospital stay in the very preterm group. The proportions of proximal and distal adjustments did not differ between groups.ConclusionVery preterm infants presented disadvantages in the acquisition time and the number of reaches with grasping, but not in the proportions of proximal and distal adjustments of reaching, relative to late preterm infants. Group differences were influenced by clinical variables.

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Late preterm and very preterm infants differ in the acquisition time and quantity of reaches with grasping at reaching onset: an exploratory study

França,

Teruia,

de Oliveira Arguelho

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Death from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Renz-Polster,

Blair,

Ball

et al. 2024

Hum Nat

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has been mainly described from a risk perspective, with a focus on endogenous, exogenous, and temporal risk factors that can interact to facilitate lethal outcomes. Here we discuss the limitations that this risk-based paradigm may have, using two of the major risk factors for SIDS, prone sleep position and bed-sharing, as examples. Based on a multipronged theoretical model encompassing evolutionary theory, developmental biology, and cultural mismatch theory, we conceptualize the vulnerability to SIDS as an imbalance between current physiologic-regulatory demands and current protective abilities on the part of the infant. From this understanding, SIDS appears as a developmental condition in which competencies relevant to self-protection fail to develop appropriately in the future victims. Since all of the protective resources in question are bound to emerge during normal infant development, we contend that SIDS may reflect an evolutionary mismatch situation—a constellation in which certain modern developmental influences may overextend the child’s adaptive (evolutionary) repertoire. We thus argue that SIDS may be better understood if the focus on risk factors is complemented by a deeper appreciation of the protective resources that human infants acquire during their normal development. We extensively analyze this evolutionary-developmental theory against the body of epidemiological and experimental evidence in SIDS research and thereby also address the as-of-yet unresolved question of why breastfeeding may be protective against SIDS.

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Association between the General Movement Optimality Score and clinical features in newborns during hospitalization: A cross-sectional study

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Late preterm and very preterm infants differ in the acquisition time and quantity of reaches with grasping at reaching onset: an exploratory study

Late preterm and very preterm infants differ in the acquisition time and quantity of reaches with grasping at reaching onset: an exploratory study

Death from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

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