A influência do uso do andador infantil no desenvolvimento sensório motor das crianças de educação infantil / The influence of baby walker usage in the sensory motor development of children at schools in early childhood education

Infant's healthy development acquisition is related to sensorial and motor experiences acquired in their first living year. As a walking stimulating aid, parents believethat baby walker may anticipate walking OBJECTIVE: check the frequency of the use of child walker for infants and the influence of this procedure on the sensory motor development, and correlate the daily time spent with the acquisition of independent walking at 13 months METHODS: Initially, parents answered a questionnaire regarding the use or no use of the baby walker. Infants who used it developed walking skills earlier than those who did not use it (p = 0.044 RESULTS: Daily time of use influenced in the walk acquisition time (p = 0.005); and there was no association between the groups who used or did not use the baby walker compared to their current motor development assessed by Alberta Infant Motor Scale (p = 0.566) CONCLUSION: We concluded that the vesting period of the march is on the daily use of the walker, which is an important factor for this acquisition.

A aquisição do desenvolvimento normal infantil está relacionada com as experiências sensóriomotoras vivenciadas em seu primeiro ano de vida. Como recurso de estimular a marcha, os pais acreditam que o andador infantil possa facilitar esta prática OBJETIVO: Verificar a frequência da utilização do andador infantil por crianças de até 18 meses em duas escolas de educação infantil do município de Uruguaiana-RS MÉTODO: Partiu-se de uma pesquisa de campo, quantitativa com abordagem exploratória, onde os pais responderam um questionário quanto a utilizaçao ou não do andador RESULTADOS: O tempo de uso diário influenciado no tempo de aquisição pé (p = 0,005); e não houve Associação entre os grupos que usaram ou não usar o andador em comparação com o seu desenvolvimento motor de corrente avaliada por Alberta Infant Motor Scale (p = 0,566) CONCLUSÃO: Concluímos que o período de aquisição da marcha está no uso diário do andador, que é um fator importante para essa aquisição.

Injury Associated with Baby Walker / 간호학회지

Baby walkers have been a major cause of injuries in young children. The main purpose of this study is to identify the pattern of injuries associated with baby walker. The data were collected from May 13 to June 15, 1998 from 438 mothers who have used or are using baby walkers for their children aged average 6 month old(range 1-33 month). It was founded that 19.2%(84 infants) of these children had walker-related accidents. The types of injuries included 'falling down'(52.4%), 'tiping over'(21.4%), 'being crashed into the wall'(17.9%), and burns(1.2%). These injuries predominantly involved the head and neck region(88%). The majority of injuries were minor, and most injuries occurred at home with the mother present. The most common reason to use the baby walker was to keep the infant happy and occupied. Although many parents used walker to promote walking, there was no supportive evidence that walkers helped babies learn to walk sooner. In conclusion, injuries among infants who use walkers are minor, but common. Also, baby walkers may cause a fatal injury to some infants. Therefore, child safety warning label policies, anticipatory safety guidance and quality control of infant walkers are needed to prevent injuries associated with a infant walker.