Özgün KAYA KARA, Hasan Atacan TONAK, Sedef ŞAHİN, Barkın KÖSE, MUTLUAY ARSLAN, Koray KARA

The relationship of motor development with sensory processing among infants born very preterm: a prospective case-control study

Background. Little is known about the relationship between sensory processing and motor development in very preterm infants. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of motor development with sensory processing among such infants with developmental delay and those who had typical development at the ages of 8 and 12 months. Methods. This prospective case-control study included 61 preterm infants (31 males, 30 females, mean gestational age: 29.1 weeks). The infants had a gestational age of 32 weeks or less and a current corrected age of 8 months, and they had spent at least 15 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Motor development was assessed with the Neuro-sensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA), and sensory processing was evaluated with the Test of Sensory Functions in Infants (TSFI). Results. There were very strong positive correlations between the gross and fine motor scores of the NSMDA and the TSFI’s subdomain scores and total scores (r=0.85-0.93, p

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