Efecto del gateo en el desarrollo de la coordinación ojo-mano en niños de 4-5 años

Abstract:

Background: Crawling is part of the motor milestones, it appears between 7 and 11 months, and is considered as an exploration stage that allows acquiring experiences for motor maturation. However, we can identify two types of infants: those who crawl and not crawl. It is recommended that infants who crawl acquire previous processes that enable this action such as skeletal muscle balance, while infants who do not crawl may have a restriction of parental type, alterations in motor development or having walked in advance. It is estimated that infants who crawled have multiple benefits such as the potentialization of eye-hand coordination that in the future will help their development. Eye-hand coordination facilitates the creation of new routes, this allows the information to pass quickly and the cerebral hemispheres work together which benefits the motor and cognitive functions. Objective: Identify the effects of crawling on the development of eye-hand coordination. Materials and methods: Twenty infants between 4 and 5 years old, between men and women, were divided into two groups of ten infants. A group of ten infants who crawled (experimental) and another ten who did not crawl (control). All infants were assessed once and without prior preparation by the Frostig visual perception assessment method and the Edin integral development scale. The Frostig test was used to identify the level of eye-hand coordination and the Edin scale to assess psychomotor development and motor (thin and thick). Results: The statistical analysis showed that there is significantly higher eye- hand coordination in the standard score in infants who crawled compared to those who did not (p equal to 0.009). In the psychomotor development a significant difference was not obtained in its different areas such as cognitive (p equal to 0.112), language (p equal to 0.170), socio- affective (p equal to 1.000) and health habits (p equal to 0.150). There was also no significant difference in gross motor development (p equal to 0.174), nor fine (p equal to 0.364). Conclusions: Crawling is important for the development of eye-hand coordination. However, its absence does not affect the development of fine or gross motor skills. Thus, the psychomotor development is also not harmed at the age of 4-5 years by the omission of this phase.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• FISIOTERAPIA INFANTIL
• EQUILIBRIO-INFANTES
• Desarrollo Psicomotor
• DESARROLLO COGNOSCITIVO

Fuente:

rraae