Modified Toy Cars for Mobility and Socialization

Huang, Hsiang; Ragonesi, Christina B.; Stoner, Tracy; Peffley, Terri; Galloway, James C.

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“…For example, a strong majority of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with statements adapted from Livingstone and Paleg regarding use of power mobility at a young age (Table , statements 2–4) . Recent publications also describe the potential benefits of using battery‐operated, ride‐on toys and other early power mobility devices with young children who have mobility impairments . Yet 46.6% of respondents reported never providing these types of experiences to children in their practice (Table ).…”

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Power mobility for children: a survey study of American and Canadian therapists’ perspectives and practices

Kenyon

Jones

Livingstone

et al. 2018

Develop Med Child Neuro

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Power mobility for children: a survey study of American and Canadian therapists’ perspectives and practices

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Jones

Livingstone

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Develop Med Child Neuro

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“…But, it may mean that we should encourage families to use already at early age assistive devices. Examples are adaptive seating devices, which promote upright sitting and therewith a better orientation in the environment (134), and power mobility, such as modified ride-on toy cars, allowing for exploration of the environment (135). The assistive devices may promote the children’s social and cognitive development (136).…”

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Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy

2014

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This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for early diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy (CP). CP describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation that is attributed to disturbances that occurred in the fetal or infant brain. Therefore, the paper starts with a summary of relevant information from developmental neuroscience. Most lesions underlying CP occur in the second half of gestation, when developmental activity in the brain reaches its summit. Variations in timing of the damage not only result in different lesions but also in different neuroplastic reactions and different associated neuropathologies. This turns CP into a heterogeneous entity. This may mean that the best early diagnostics and the best intervention methods may differ for various subgroups of children with CP. Next, the paper addresses possibilities for early diagnosis. It discusses the predictive value of neuromotor and neurological exams, neuroimaging techniques, and neurophysiological assessments. Prediction is best when complementary techniques are used in longitudinal series. Possibilities for early prediction of CP differ for infants admitted to neonatal intensive care and other infants. In the former group, best prediction is achieved with the combination of neuroimaging and the assessment of general movements, in the latter group, best prediction is based on carefully documented milestones and neurological assessment. The last part reviews early intervention in infants developing CP. Most knowledge on early intervention is based on studies in high-risk infants without CP. In these infants, early intervention programs promote cognitive development until preschool age; motor development profits less. The few studies on early intervention in infants developing CP suggest that programs that stimulate all aspects of infant development by means of family coaching are most promising. More research is urgently needed.

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“…Moreover, walking infants see more of the environment (Kretch et al, in press), share objects with caregivers in more varied ways (Karasik et al, 2011), and cover more ground (Adolph et al, 2012). For infants at risk for motor delays, encouraging independent mobility as early as possible whether through upright walking, crawling, or assistive devices (e. g., Huang, Ragonesi, Stoner, Peffley, & Galloway, 2014) is likely the best course of action. Future research should investigate whether crawling, sitting, and transitions between them create unique perceptual experiences that impact early learning.…”

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A new twist on old ideas: how sitting reorients crawlers

Soska

Robinson

Adolph

2014

Developmental Science

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Traditionally, crawling and sitting are considered distinct motor behaviors with different postures and functions. Ten- to 12-month-old infants were observed in the laboratory or in their homes while being coaxed to crawl continuously over long, straight walkways (Study 1; N = 20) and during spontaneous crawling during free play (Study 2; N = 20). In every context, infants stopped crawling to sit 3-6 times per minute. Transitions from crawling to sitting frequently turned infants’ bodies away from the direction of heading; subsequent transitions back to crawling were offset by as much as 180° from the original direction of heading. Apparently, body reorientations result from the biomechanics of transitioning between crawling and sitting. Findings indicate that sustained, linear crawling is likely an epiphenomenon of how gait is studied in standard paradigms. Postural transitions between crawling and sitting are ubiquitous and can represent a functional unit of action. These transitions and the accompanying body reorientations likely have cascading effects for infants’ exploration, visual perception, and spatial cognition.

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Modified Toy Cars for Mobility and Socialization

Cited by 57 publications

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Power mobility for children: a survey study of American and Canadian therapists’ perspectives and practices

Power mobility for children: a survey study of American and Canadian therapists’ perspectives and practices

Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy

A new twist on old ideas: how sitting reorients crawlers

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