Open AccessBody composition and neuromotor development in the year after NICU discharge in premature infants
Author(s) -
Dan M. Cooper,
Gay L. Girolami,
Brenda Kepes,
Annamarie Stehli,
Candice Taylor Lucas,
Fadia Haddad,
Frank Zalidvar,
Nitzan Dror,
Irfan Ahmad,
Antoine Soliman,
Shlomit RadomAizik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1530-0447
pISSN - 0031-3998
DOI - 10.1038/s41390-020-0756-2
Subject(s) - lean body mass , motor skill , medicine , sexual dimorphism , cohort , physiology , pediatrics , body weight , psychiatry
Hypothesis: neuromotor development correlates to body composition over the first year of life in prematurely born infants and can be influenced by enhancing motor activity.