EVALUATION OF MANUAL PREHENSION DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN BETWEEN FOUR AND TWELVE MONTHS
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https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39790Keywords:
children’s development, manual prehension.Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the development of manual prehension in infants from 4 to 12 months of age who spend most of their time in institutions (private and municipalnurseries), analyzing whether there is a delay in prehension development or not, and what are the possible factors that may be interfering in the development. Evaluation of manual prehension development was not found in the literature, as far as the items analyzed in this study are concerned. Thus, the evaluation was based on the literature considering prehension development and the age of the children. Sixty-eight boys and girls from 4 to 12 months of age were evaluated and divided into three groups: A, B, and C. The results showed that the children from institutions presented a delay in manual prehension development in most of the analyzed items. Taking into account the environment and the routine of these children, it was possible to notice that there was lack of space, toys and tactile and sensory-perceptive stimuli that could help in the acquisition of new prehension and object handling patterns. Physiotherapists, therefore, have an important role in the prevention of this problem. Their job concerns the transmission of their knowledge related to children development, particularly manual prehension, analyzing and observing the needs of each child so that they can interfere, when necessary, and minimize or avoid deficits in children’s manual abilities.
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