Validation of the piglet as animal model for deficient motor development : the paradigm of locomotion. University of Antwerp
Comparative Perinatal Development (CoPeD), Vision lab, Biophysics and Biomedical Physics, Functional Morphology
Advances in antenatal medicine and neonatal intensive care have resulted in improved survival of human infants born with a low birth weight and at the limits of viability, but not in the reductions of motor deficits. Locomotor skills are essential for participation in all daily activities and therefore are paradigmatic for insights in motor development in general. Longitudinal experimental designs studying locomotion are needed to elucidate the ...