The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the sensorimotor exercise program for the infants with low weight at birth. The subjects were 30 infants low weighted who were randomly selected from the 6 Children's Nursery located at the city...
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of the sensorimotor exercise program for the infants with low weight at birth. The subjects were 30 infants low weighted who were randomly selected from the 6 Children's Nursery located at the city of Yongin, Korea. The subjects were randomly assigned to one of two groups, experimental and control groups and pre and post tests were administered before and after the treatment of sensorimotor exercise program by Bayley Scales of Infant Development. The duration of treatment 20 minutes per day, 5 days per week, and total of 40 times of exercise treatment. To analyze the data, t-test and Effect Size were calculated by SPSS and the results of this study were as follows:
First, the weights of the infant subjects in experimental group were increased compared to the control group. Second, the heights of the infant subjects who participated in the experimental group were influenced by the experimenal treatment positively, therefore, the effects of the sensorimotor exercise program for the infants were seemed to be very positive in the growth development of the infants low weighted at birth.