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TY - JOUR
T1 - Facilitating postural control
T2 - effects on the reaching behavior of 6-month-old infants
AU - Hopkins, B
AU - Rönnqvist, L.
PY - 2002/3
Y1 - 2002/3
N2 - In this study, 3-D kinematic as well as 2-D videorecordings were made of the reaching behavior of infants aged about 6 months who were not Yet able to sit, Detailed analyses of these recordings were directed toward specifying the effects of providing additional postural support to the lower body, on the spatial and temporal features of such behavior. To detect these effects, reaching and associated head movements in this modified condition were compared to those made while the infants sat in an age-appropriate and commercially available chair lacking the supplementation of support for the pelvic region and upper legs, Findings consistent with predictions included better head stabilization and smoother reaching movements when the infants were in the modified chair In addition, these two achievements were negatively related to reaching experience. These, and other findings, underscore the infrequently investigated supposition that changes in postural control induce improvements in the control of reaching movements during infancy. Recommendations are made about how the procedure adopted in the present study could be used in subsequent research to give further insights into the codevelopment of posture and action, (C) 2002 Periodicals, Inc.
AB - In this study, 3-D kinematic as well as 2-D videorecordings were made of the reaching behavior of infants aged about 6 months who were not Yet able to sit, Detailed analyses of these recordings were directed toward specifying the effects of providing additional postural support to the lower body, on the spatial and temporal features of such behavior. To detect these effects, reaching and associated head movements in this modified condition were compared to those made while the infants sat in an age-appropriate and commercially available chair lacking the supplementation of support for the pelvic region and upper legs, Findings consistent with predictions included better head stabilization and smoother reaching movements when the infants were in the modified chair In addition, these two achievements were negatively related to reaching experience. These, and other findings, underscore the infrequently investigated supposition that changes in postural control induce improvements in the control of reaching movements during infancy. Recommendations are made about how the procedure adopted in the present study could be used in subsequent research to give further insights into the codevelopment of posture and action, (C) 2002 Periodicals, Inc.
KW - infants
KW - postural control
KW - uni- and bilateral reaches
KW - laterality
KW - head movements
KW - kinematic parameters
KW - reaching experience
KW - NATURAL PREHENSION
KW - ARM MOVEMENTS
KW - COORDINATION
KW - ADJUSTMENTS
KW - CHILDREN
KW - LIFE
U2 - 10.1002/dev.10021
DO - 10.1002/dev.10021
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 168
EP - 182
JO - Developmental Psychobiology
JF - Developmental Psychobiology
SN - 0012-1630
IS - 2
ER -