Estimulando o desenvolvimento motor no primeiro ano de vida

Abstract

The Integrated Clinics of UNI-RN, professors and students of the Physiotherapy course at UNI-RN and pediatric neonatologists at Hospital Dr. José Pedro Bezerra (Hospital Santa Catarina) Natal/RN, in the first half of 2016, started an extension project to assist children with microcephaly due to presumed contamination of the mother by the Zika virus, during pregnancy. The relationship between Zika and microcephaly in newborns is the subject of studies and research in Brazil and in other countries, since the end of 2015, when there was an increase in the number of newborns with microcephaly, initially in the state of Pernambuco, expanding later moved to other states in the Northeast region, and then to other regions of Brazil. To better guide mothers and/or fathers regarding the motor and sensory development of newborns, an educational booklet was prepared. Following the satisfactory guidelines, the stimulation exercises can be performed at home. This booklet is aimed at the early stimulation of premature infants, those born with microcephaly or other neurological pathologies.