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BEZERRA, Ingrid Fonsêca Damasceno et al. Assessment of the influence of the hammock on neuromotor development in nursing full-term infants. Rev. bras. crescimento desenvolv. hum. [online]. 2014, vol.24, n.1, pp. 106-111. ISSN 0104-1282.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the influence of the hammock on neuromotor development in full-term infants. METHOD: the study included 26 infants born at normal gestational age, of single-births and birth weight > 2500g, 19 of them constituting the group of hammock-users and seven the group of non-hammock-users. All the 26 infants had their neuromotor development assessed using the Alberta Infant Neuromotor Scale, at six months of age. The assessments, undertaken in the infants' homes at times convenient to both mothers and children, were recorded on video and two other observers evaluated the infants' performance. RESULTS: the neuromotor development of the hammock-using infants obtained a lower score than did that of the non-hammock-using infants (p 0.03). Among the four postures evaluated by AIMS, the upright position was the only one that showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups (p 0; 01). In the correlation analysis, maternal age showed a negative relationship ((r = -0.42; p 0.03;) and the value of the Apgar score at 1 minute a positive relationship with neuromotor development (r = 0.49; p 0.05;). CONCLUSION: hammock-using infants present slower neuromotor development than the non-hammock-users of the same age.

Palavras-chave : child development; infant; risk factors; patient position; term birth.

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