Perinatal care and psychomotor development of prematurely born infants

Abstract

The knowledge and medical technology have developed a number of principles which constitute a basic standard of evaluation and improvement. A newborn is assessed according to the Virginia Apgar scaler. A care of the newborn child is very important too. The care of the infant, especially a newborn, is based on several principles. Physiotherapists use standardized tests and scales of development for the assessment of psychomotor functioning . Proper analysis of the quality patterns of posture and movement is a direct basis for further determination of the targets in the treatment of a child.