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Technology-Aided Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Early Infancy

There is a pressing need for new techniques capable of providing accurate information about sensorimotor function during the first 2 years of childhood. Here, we review current clinical methods and challenges for assessing motor function in early infancy, and discuss the potential benefits of applyi...

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Autores principales: Allievi, Alessandro G., Arichi, Tomoki, Gordon, Anne L., Burdet, Etienne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324827
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00197
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author Allievi, Alessandro G.
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description There is a pressing need for new techniques capable of providing accurate information about sensorimotor function during the first 2 years of childhood. Here, we review current clinical methods and challenges for assessing motor function in early infancy, and discuss the potential benefits of applying technology-assisted methods. We also describe how the use of these tools with neuroimaging, and in particular functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), can shed new light on the intra-cerebral processes underlying neurodevelopmental impairment. This knowledge is of particular relevance in the early infant brain, which has an increased capacity for compensatory neural plasticity. Such tools could bring a wealth of knowledge about the underlying pathophysiological processes of diseases such as cerebral palsy; act as biomarkers to monitor the effects of possible therapeutic interventions; and provide clinicians with much needed early diagnostic information.
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spelling pubmed-41812302014-10-16 Technology-Aided Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Early Infancy Allievi, Alessandro G. Arichi, Tomoki Gordon, Anne L. Burdet, Etienne Front Neurol Neuroscience There is a pressing need for new techniques capable of providing accurate information about sensorimotor function during the first 2 years of childhood. Here, we review current clinical methods and challenges for assessing motor function in early infancy, and discuss the potential benefits of applying technology-assisted methods. We also describe how the use of these tools with neuroimaging, and in particular functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), can shed new light on the intra-cerebral processes underlying neurodevelopmental impairment. This knowledge is of particular relevance in the early infant brain, which has an increased capacity for compensatory neural plasticity. Such tools could bring a wealth of knowledge about the underlying pathophysiological processes of diseases such as cerebral palsy; act as biomarkers to monitor the effects of possible therapeutic interventions; and provide clinicians with much needed early diagnostic information. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4181230/ /pubmed/25324827 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00197 Text en Copyright © 2014 Allievi, Arichi, Gordon and Burdet. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Technology-Aided Assessment of Sensorimotor Function in Early Infancy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4181230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324827
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