Research focuses the attention on the effect of “developmental care” on the long-term developmental outcome of preterm infants. Physiatric  therapies regarding infants affected by cerebral palsy are also explored.

 

References

• Unimanual and bimanual intensive training in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and persistence in time of hand function improvement: 6-month follow-up results of a multisite clinical trial. J Child Neurol. 2013;28:161-75. doi: 10.1177/0883073812443004.
• Level of NICU quality of developmental care and neurobehavioral performance in very preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2012;129:e1129-37. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0813.