Abstract
Abstract Factors associated with Motor Milestone Development in
Infants and Young Children By Jee Sook Gil, M.S. The purpose of
this literature review is to explore the factors associated with
the age at which specific gross motor milestones are attained in
children around the world. Moreover, it describes measurement tools
or scales used to evaluate children's gross motor milestone
attainment. Twenty four databases were searched with key words
related to infants' motor milestone development, such as motor
activity, infant, motor milestone, motor skills, and motor
development. Eleven different factors associated with infant and
young children's gross motor milestone development are explored:
children's nutritional status, physical growth, cultural and ethnic
differences, birth weight, maternal nutritional status, maternal
environmental exposure, children's environmental exposure,
children's health status, sleeping and playing position, attainment
of other motor milestones and others. The results demonstrate that
children's nutritional status and physical growth are positively
associated with gross motor milestones achievement at a certain
age. Black mothers' rearing practices and children's prone sleeping
and playing position are positively associated with children's
motor milestone development. Having enough space where children can
practice physical exercise is positively associated with infants'
motor milestones achievement at certain ages. Improper maternal
nutritional status and exposures to chemicals or polydrugs during
pregnancy were associated with preterm birth, making them
vulnerable to achieve normal motor milestones compared to full term
infants. Sitting and crawling at an earlier age is positively
associated with earlier development of other motor milestones such
as walking. Socioeconomic status (SES), gender, birth length, and
season of birth are not associated with infants' motor milestone
achievement. There are nutritional and non-nutritional factors that
influence (positively or negatively) child motor milestone
development. Four basic methods, the Alberta Infant Motor Scale
(AIMS), the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID), the Peabody
Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS) and the Denver Developmental
Screening Test (DDST) have been used to assess child motor
milestone development.
Table of Contents
Introduction Methods Table 1 Database Research Figure 1 Flowchart
of the Document Selection Results Figure 2 Conceptual Fame work
Part I Factors Associated with Motor Milestone Development Table
1-12 (11 factors association) Table 14 Summary Studies:
Positive,Negative and No Association of Eleven Factors Associated
with Motor Milestone Development Part II Gross Motor Milestone
Measurement Tools Table 13 Measurement Tool for Assessing
Children's Gross Motor Milestone Development Discussion and
Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Table 15 MGRS (Multicenter Growth
Reference Study) Performance Criteria for Six Gross Motor
Milestones Table 16 Summary of the Studies: Eleven Factors
Associated with Children's Gross Motor Milestone Development Figure
3 Pictures for six gross motor milestones in MGRS Figure 4 Windows
of milestone achievement expressed in months
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