Infant Motor Development

Preface Acknowledgments Credits Part I: Foundations of Infant Motor Development Chapter 1. Early Movement Capabilities -Prenatal Period -Sensory Capabilities in the Newborn -Motor Development in Infancy -Summary Chapter 2. Theoretical Approaches to Motor Development -Historical Overview of Theoretical Approaches -Maturational Perspective -Cognitive Approaches -Prescriptive Approaches -Ecological/Natural Systems Approach -Summary Chapter 3. Motor Control and the Brain: Motor Development and Neural Plasticity -Neurophysiology of Movement -Brain Development and Neural Plasticity -Function of Central Nervous System in Motor Development -Summary Part II: The Development of Voluntary Movement Control Chapter 4. Postural Control: Development of Stability, Balance, and Orientation -Definition and Description of Postural Control -Developmental Transitions in Balance Control -Influences on the Development of Postural Control -Summary Chapter 5. Manual Control: Development of Reaching and Definitions and Descriptions of Prehension -Reaching in the First Few Months -Development of Successful Reaching -Development of Grasping -Bimanual Reaching and Grasping -Tool Use -Manual Asymmetries in Infancy -Summary Chapter 6. Locomotion: Development of Creeping and Walking -Locomotor Milestones -Prescriptive Views of Locomotor Development -Locomotor Development From a Perspective of Dynamic Systems -Leg Asymmetries in Infancy -Summary Part III: Assessment of Motor Ability In Infants Chapter 7. Appropriate Choice of Motor Assessment Test -Importance of Motor Assessment -Criterion- and Norm-Referenced Assessments -Components of Good Assessment Tools -Special Issues of Infant Testing -Summary Chapter 8. Neurobehavioral Motor Assessment and Other Tests -Apgar Assessment -Neonatal Neurological Examination -Neonatal Neurobehavioral Assessment -Qualitative Assessment of General Movements in Infants -Evaluation of Neonatal Examinations -Summary Chapter 9. Diagnostic Motor Assessment and Screening Tests -Norm-Referenced Developmental Diagnostic Tests -Usefulness of Norm-Referenced Tests -Criterion-Referenced Developmental Diagnostic Tests -Screening Instruments -Recent Technological Advances in Diagnostic Assessment -Summary Part IV: Motor Control and Developmental Disorders Chapter 10. Motor Development in Preterm Infants -Premature Birth -Causes of Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight -Immediate Problems -Long-Term Outcome -Motor Development in the First Few Months -Intervention Approaches for the High-Risk Preterm Infant -Summary Chapter 11. Cerebral Palsy -Definition of Cerebral Palsy -Occurrence of Cerebral Palsy -Categories of Cerebral Palsy -Etiology of Cerebral Palsy -Cerebral Palsy Registers -Identifying Cerebral Palsy in the Early Years -Orthopedic Approaches to Intervention -Early Intervention Approaches -Summary Chapter 12. Down Syndrome -Definition of Down Syndrome -Characteristics of Individuals With Down Syndrome -Motor Development in Down Syndrome -Intervention Approaches -Summary Glossary References Subject Index About the Author

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