First year infant motor asymmetry origins and prevention: parental awareness survey

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Dr. Hab., Professor L.N. Voloshina1
Dr. Hab., Professor V.L. Kondakov1
PhD, Associate Professor E.N. Kopeikina1
N.S. Nikitina2
1Belgorod State National Research University, Belgorod
2Ivanovo State University, Shuya Affiliate

Objective of the study was to survey the parental awareness of the origins of infant motor asymmetry and its prevention methods.
Methods and structure of the study. We have analyzed the relevant study reports by the national and foreign researchers to design and run a parental survey. We sampled for the survey parents (n=50) of 0-1 year-olds diagnosed with torticollis. The questionnaire survey was run on the Vkontakte online platform in the “Parents and Teachers! Our children" category. The survey data were grouped and ranked by the formula.
Results and conclusions. As found by our survey, postnatal and congenital torticollis was diagnosed in 54% and 46% of the infant motor asymmetry sample, respectively, with the postnatal torticollis diagnosed within the first two months in 77% of the group (p≤0.05).
Dominating among the origin of Infant motor asymmetry in the parental opinions are the muscle tone disorders and poor physical development (ranked 1 and 2, respectively); whilst the visual and auditory system disorders are ranked the last by the parents who obviously underestimate these causes of infant motor asymmetry. In the infant motor asymmetry prevention toolkit, the parents mostly favored massage and postural corrections (ranked 1 and 2, respectively), with only a few respondents believing that visual and auditory analyzers should be trained to effectively prevent infant motor asymmetry.
The parental awareness survey data and analysis found that the families are mostly unaware of influences of the visual, auditory and vestibular system progress on the infant motor asymmetry, with only a few respondents knowing the importance of these systems for motor skills and movement coordination development by sensitive infant-motor-asymmetry-prevention trainings. We believe that the first-year infant motor asymmetry issues deserve further special studies, with a special priority to new promising asymmetry prevention and correction methods, models and tools accessible for physical education at home.

Keywords: symmetry, asymmetry, preventive care, first year infant, motor development.

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