Shifting of the body center of gravity in low-risk preterm infants: A video-pedoscope study.

Aim: To evaluate whether there is any developmental course of the shifting of the center of gravity (COG) in healthy preterm infants.

Methods: Eleven healthy preterm infants were assessed on a computerized pedoscope from early preterm to term age. Data from the pedoscope and the videorecorder were analyzed with a special software for the assessment of the COG shifting.

Case report: Retracing atypical development: a preserved speech variant of Rett syndrome.

The subject of the present study is the development of a girl with the preserved speech variant of Rett disorder. Our data are based on detailed retrospective and prospective video analyses. Despite achieving developmental milestones, movement quality was already abnormal during the girl's first half year of life.

Quantitative aspects of the early motor repertoire in preterm infants: do they predict minor neurological dysfunction at school age?

Background: Qualitative aspects of the motor repertoire, at 11-16 weeks post-term are predictive for minor neurological dysfunction (MND) at 7 to 11 years of age. Predictive value of quantitative aspects is unknown so far.

Aim: To investigate whether quantitative aspects of the motor repertoire between 6 and 24 weeks post-term also have predictive value for neurological outcome at 7 to 11 years of age.