Sensory processing disorder in preterm infants during early childhood and relationships to early neurobehavior

Ryckman, Justin; Hilton, Claudia; Rogers, Cynthia; Pineda, Roberta

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.07.012

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“…Such attention may also facilitate improved practices in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), in which ambient conditions (e.g., lighting, sound) are often not conducive to sleep (Lai & Bearer, ). Given that sleep provides a critical context for sensory processing and functional connectivity in early development (Del Rio‐Bermudez & Blumberg, ; Del Rio‐Bermudez, Kim, Sokoloff, & Blumberg, ), minimizing sleep disturbances in the NICU could mitigate the negative effects of premature birth on sensory processing (Ryckman, Hilton, Rogers, & Pineda, ) and functional connectivity (Rogers, Lean, Wheelock, & Smyser, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal organization of myoclonic twitching in sleeping human infants

Sokoloff

Hickerson

Wen

et al. 2020

Developmental Psychobiology

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During the perinatal period in mammals when active sleep predominates, skeletal muscles twitch throughout the body. We have hypothesized that myoclonic twitches provide unique insight into the functional status of the human infant's nervous system. However, assessments of the rate and patterning of twitching have largely been restricted to infant rodents. Thus, here we analyze twitching in human infants over the first seven postnatal months. Using videography and behavioral measures of twitching during bouts of daytime sleep, we find at all ages that twitching across the body occurs predominantly in bursts at intervals of 10 s or less. We also find that twitching is expressed differentially across the body and with age. For example, twitching of the face and head is most prevalent shortly after birth and decreases over the first several months. In addition, twitching of the hands and feet occurs at a consistently higher rate than does twitching elsewhere in the body. Finally, the patterning of twitching becomes more structured with age, with twitches of the left and right hands and feet exhibiting the strongest coupling. Altogether, these findings support the notion that twitches can provide a unique source of information about typical and atypical sensorimotor development.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Spatiotemporal organization of myoclonic twitching in sleeping human infants

Sokoloff

Hickerson

Wen

et al. 2020

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Publications also point out to the gestational age, especially the extremely early gestational age. Premature birth (prior to 37 th week) causes a child to develop in a non-physiological environment where the exposure to different sensory stimuli forestalls the critical period and collides with the normally developing sensory integration [11,15]. Premature children have less possibility to feel the pressure in the womb and the strong resistance to movements of the body (too little proprioception).…”

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“…The earlier the support is initiated, in justified cases, the better the prognosis will be; especially in regards to the social integration. It is worth noticing that we have a lot to offer since the early application of therapy has been proven to be effective [11].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Variables of the Sensory Processing Disorder

Szczepara-Fabian¹,

Emich-Widera²,

Kazek³

et al. 2018

Clinics Mother Child Health

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Sensory Processing Disorder has a negative effect on a child's functioning. The etiology and pathomechanics of sensory processing disorder has not yet been fully identified. The prenatal and perinatal variables have been described as the significant causes. The purpose of this work was to determine the most common and presently occurring prenatal and perinatal problems that may serve as the predictors of SPD. The studied group consisted of 89 children with identified sensory processing disorder and no other neurological disorders. The control group consisted of 88 children within the same age group which were healthy and did not suffer from the sensory processing disorder. The retrospective data from the prenatal and perinatal periods were collected through a questionnaire, prepared specifically for the purpose of this project. Besides that, the complex assessment of the children consisted of a pediatrics neurologic and physiotherapy/SI diagnosis examination. The age appropriate checklist, prepared by the American Occupational Therapy Association, has also been used. In the case of children between the ages of 7 months to 3 years old, Georgia A. De Gangi's Infant-Toddler Symptom Checklist was applied. Furthermore, during the examination, the therapist applied the Clinical Observation Checklist as well as the South Carolina Sensory Integration Tests trials for the children above 4 years old. It has been demonstrated that there is a predilection towards the type of sex in sensory processing disorder, and it occurs three times more frequently among boys than among girls, in the studied group. Among all analyzed variables, six of them occurred statistically significantly more frequently in the group with the sensory processing disorder. Considering the frequency of occurrence, those variables included the following: a low birthweight, a low Apgar score at 1 min, infections and cervical insufficiency, and, less frequently occurring, placental abruption. The multivariable analysis demonstrates that the concurrence of two out of six risk variables with the highest prediction results in 80% probability of the emergence of sensory processing disorder, and the concurrence of 3 variables results in 90% of that probability. Our research study results indicate that the children with the prenatal and perinatal history should be under a specialized multidisciplinary supervision at least until they start school. In case of the concurrence of two and more variables, such supervision should be mandatory.

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“…Consequently, PIVC and/or PPC will via their corticotectal afferents may facilitate MSI in the SC. This putative mechanism may be compromised in preterm infants constrained to incubators and those needing prolonged hospitalization after birth, thus explaining later seemingly unexplained developmental delays [70][71][72]. The ndings of Weinstein and colleagues [73] showing deviant sensory-motor reactivity in preterm children paralleled by disturbed integrity and lagging maturational level of early and late maturing ber tracts further support this notion,…”

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Vestibular stimulation and primitive reflex integration may drive multisensory processing: putative principles for a Targeted sensorimotor therapy (TSMT)

Harsányi¹,

Dobos²,

Tele-Heri³

et al. 2020

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Background: At birth the vestibular system is fully mature, and primitive reflexes are functional whilst higher order sensory processing is yet to develop in the full-term neonate. Sequential motor development driven by primitive survival reflexes sets the appropriate framework for development of sensory processing including multisensory processing and sensorimotor integration.Results and conclusions: The current paper lays out a putative theoretical framework to account for the role vestibular stimulation may have driving multisensory and sensorimotor integration. Accordingly, vestibular stimulation, by activating the parieto-insular vestibular cortex, and/or the posterior parietal cortex may provide the cortical input for multisensory neurons in the superior colliculus that is needed for multisensory processing. Furthermore, we propose that primitive survival reflex-driven motor development, by inducing change of reference frames, may shape the receptive field of multisensory neurons. This, by leading to lack of spatial contingency between formally contingent stimuli, may cause degradation of prior motor responses, hence lead to integration of reflexes. Integration of primitive survival reflexes is mandatory prerequisite for cortically controlled motor responses to emerge. Additionally, we offer a testable hypothesis explaining the beneficial effect of sensory integration therapies regarding attentional processes. Key concepts of a sensorimotor integration therapy (e.g. targeted sensorimotor therapy (TSMT)) are also put into a neurological context. TSMT utilizes specific tools and instruments. It is administered in 8-weeks long successive treatment regimes, each gradually increasing vestibular and postural stimulation, so sensory-motor integration is facilitated, primitive reflexes are inhibited, and muscle strength is increased. Empirically TSMT is indicated for various diseases. Theoretical foundations of this sensorimotor therapy are discussed.

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Sensory processing disorder in preterm infants during early childhood and relationships to early neurobehavior

Cited by 57 publications

References 34 publications

Spatiotemporal organization of myoclonic twitching in sleeping human infants

Spatiotemporal organization of myoclonic twitching in sleeping human infants

The Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Variables of the Sensory Processing Disorder

Vestibular stimulation and primitive reflex integration may drive multisensory processing: putative principles for a Targeted sensorimotor therapy (TSMT)

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