Neuro-biomechanical Aspects Determining the Motor Behavior in Infants With High-risk of Neuromotor Impairments
This project focuses on motor development, muscle growth and muscle activity. Using advanced, instrumented tests such as , the link between muscles and the movement characteristics will be studied. In addition, the evolution of these neuro-biomechanical determinants during the first year of life will be investigated. The examinations are planned for a group of high-risk infants (e.g. premature birth, cases of asphyxia, etc.) compared with a group of infants with typical development.
• Infants born before or at 28 weeks of gestation
• Infants born after 28 weeks of gestation and with brain injury.
• A term birth with the clinical diagnosis of asphyxia (ischemic event with hypothermia) or neonatal stroke
• Born at a gestational age above 37 weeks
• Birth weight between P10 and P90
• Head circumference between P10 and P90
• Ph \>7.1