Introduction: The term symptomatic risky infant applies to those children who would for different reasons, prenatal, perinatal or postnatal have the emotional, intellectual or physical disability. Goal: of this study was to prove whether the motor development of symptomatic high-risk infants can be predicted by examining postural reflexes by method according to Vojta. Material and methods: The study was conducted as a retrospective study which involved symptomatic high-risk infants who are habilitated at the Department of Developmental diagnosis, habilitation and rehabilitation of Pediatric Clinic, Clinical Center of Sarajevo University. It included 25 symptomatic high-risk infants in different age groups. Results: The total number of children covered by the survey with the diagnosis of symptomatic risky infants was 25, from which 13 are boys and 12 girls. In the sample analyzed at baseline age of children ranged from 1 to 8 months with an average age of 4.5 months. The largest number of infants at baseline was in the 3rd month of life–5 (20%). At the first examination as well as control examination in all patients were used the following postural reflexes: Traction test by Vojta, Test of horizontal hanging–Collis experiment and axillary hanging position or test of axillary hanging. Landau reaction was used in 2 patients. The most common variation in postural reflexes at the first examination are recorded in the Vojta reflex and Test of horizontal hanging in 24 (96%) infants, then hanging in the axillary position or rehearsal subaxillar rise in the 23 (92%) infants. At the control examination after treatment for postural deviation Vojta reflex was reduced, however, continued to maintain and affect motor development. Conclusion: The study of postural reflexes by method according to Vojta for symptomatic high-risk infants can predict motor development.
Key words: symptomatic risky infant, postural reflexes, Vojta method
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