Sitting Together And Reaching To Play (START-Play): Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial on Intervention for Infants With Neuromotor Disorders

Physical Therapy
Regina T HarbourneIryna Babik

Abstract

There is limited research examining the efficacy of early physical therapy on infants with neuromotor dysfunction. In addition, most early motor interventions have not been directly linked to learning, despite the clear association between motor activity and cognition during infancy. The aim of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of Sitting Together And Reaching To Play (START-Play), an intervention designed to target sitting, reaching, and motor-based problem solving to advance global development in infants with motor delays or neuromotor dysfunction. This study is a longitudinal multisite randomized controlled trial. Infants in the START-Play group are compared to infants receiving usual care in early intervention (EI). The research takes place in homes in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, and Virginia. There will be 140 infants with neuromotor dysfunction participating, beginning between 7 to 16 months of age. Infants will have motor delays and emerging sitting skill. START-Play provides individualized twice-weekly home intervention for 12 weeks with families to enhance cognition through sitting, reaching, and problem-solving activities for infants. Ten interventionists provide the intervention, with each child assign...Continue Reading

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Oct 1, 2019·Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association·Lynda McNamaraIona Novak
Oct 1, 2019·Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association·Stacey C DusingShaaron E Brown
Oct 1, 2019·Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association·Shaaron E Brown, Stacey C Dusing
Dec 19, 2020·Pediatric Physical Therapy : the Official Publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association·Andrea Baraldi CunhaMichele A Lobo
Feb 2, 2021·Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics·Rebecca M MolininiStacey C Dusing
Apr 4, 2018·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Andrea Baraldi CunhaMichele A Lobo
Oct 15, 2020·Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology·Mihee AnRegina T Harbourne
Apr 6, 2021·Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America·Nancy HsuOlivier Rolin
May 5, 2021·Developmental Psychobiology·Rebecca M MolininiStacey C Dusing

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