Evaluation of Fidgety Movements of Infants Based on Gestalt Perception Reflects Differences in Limb Movement Trajectory Curvature | Zendy

Hirotaka Gima | Zendy; Koji Shimatani | Zendy; Hisako Nakano | Zendy; Hama Watanabe | Zendy; Gentaro Taga | Zendy

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Evaluation of Fidgety Movements of Infants Based on Gestalt Perception Reflects Differences in Limb Movement Trajectory Curvature

Author(s) -

Hirotaka Gima,

Koji Shimatani,

Hisako Nakano,

Hama Watanabe,

Gentaro Taga

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.1093/ptj/pzz034

Subject(s) - jerk , physical medicine and rehabilitation , kinematics , psychology , movement (music) , correlation , physical therapy , acceleration , medicine , mathematics , philosophy , physics , geometry , aesthetics , classical mechanics

Infants aged 2 to 5 months show spontaneous general movements (GMs) of the whole body, which are referred to as fidgety movements (FMs). Although previous studies have shown that evaluation of GMs by the General Movement Assessment (GMA) has predictive value about later neurological impairments, it remains unknown whether raters consistently perceive and rate such complex kinematic information.

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