Behavior During Tethered Kicking in Infants With Periventricular Brain Injury.

Purpose: To describe behavior of children with periventricular brain injury (PBI) in a tethered-kicking intervention.

Methods: Sixteen infants with PBI were randomly assigned to exercise or no-training in a longitudinal pilot study. Frequencies of leg movements and interlimb coordination were described from videos at 2 and 4 months' corrected age (CA).

Correlation between fractional anisotropy and motor outcomes in one-year-old infants with periventricular brain injury.

Purpose: To determine whether motor outcomes of an exercise intervention beginning at 2 months corrected age (CA) in children with periventricular brain injury (PBI) are correlated with fractional anisotropy (FA) measures derived from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) at 12 months CA.

Materials And Methods: DTI was performed in eight infants with PBI who were randomly assigned to kicking and treadmill stepping exercise or a no-training condition. Development was assessed using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).

Effects on motor development of kicking and stepping exercise in preterm infants with periventricular brain injury: a pilot study.

Background: Preterm infants with periventricular brain injury (PBI) have a high incidence of atypical development and leg movements.

Objective: Determine whether kicking and treadmill stepping intervention beginning at 2 months corrected age (CA) in children with PBI improves motor function at 12 months CA when compared with control subjects.

Method: In a multi-center pilot study for a controlled clinical trial, sixteen infants with PBI were randomly assigned to home exercise consisting of kicking and treadmill stepping or a no-training control condition.