BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PEDIATRIC MOTOR REHABILITATION IN DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS

Assoc. Prof. Radoslava Deleva, PhD

Department of Public Health “Angel Kanchev” Univesity of Ruse

Abstract

Specialists focus on early childhood, when basic systems of action are mastered: motor, cognitive and behavioral development. The three most common theories of motor skill acquisition are the maturation perspective, the perceptual-cognitive perspective and the dynamic systems perspective. Motor skills are divided into global and fine. Each trimester of motor development is characterized by a certain specificity: the 4 components of postural movement are developed: flexion, extension, lateral and torsional movements. A rehabilitation session consists of a preparatory and main part. Gross motor skills and their strict step-by-step mastery; "taking over the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes; motor planning and building a motor stereotype of neurophysiological movement patterns; the structure of the rehabilitation session and a complex tailored to development models, learning stages and SMART goals are the basis of the principles of pediatric motor rehabilitation in the growth of the child.

Keywords

Pediatric Motor Rehabilitation Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Neurodevelopmental Rehabilitation, Child Development

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