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Short Report: Babywalkers Use and Age of Autonomous Sitting and Walking in Portuguese Infants

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dc.contributor.authorDavid Catela, null
dc.contributor.authorCarolina Lagoiro, null
dc.contributor.authorCarolina Gonçalves, null
dc.contributor.authorFilipa Passadinhas, null
dc.contributor.authorIsabela Ribeiro, null
dc.contributor.authorAna Paula Seabra, null
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-03T14:40:05Z
dc.date.available2021-12-03T14:40:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractBabywalkers are wheeled seats for infants that support their weight and allow them to move around, pushing the floor with their feet or feet’s toes. The purpose of the present study was to verify if Portuguese infants that used babywalker gained or not temporal advantage compared to infants who did not use any instrument for learning to walk. Data were obtained through a structured questionnaire for parents, with closed questions. Results revealed that babywalkers use does not afford advantages in the acquisition of independent walk. The absence of association between seat and walk autonomously in babywalker users that also used other walk-helper (e.g., harness belt) reinforces the hypothesis that the use of these equipments may disrupt normal process of transition between seat and walk in infants. Considering the sample of the present study, a great percentage of Portuguese parents still presume that the use of babywalkers or similar equipments are necessary for independent walking acquisition. Babywalkers should be discouraged as an instrument for independent walk learning, and be replaced by functional stimulation, like stepping reflex systematic practice.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.17265/2159-5542/2020.07.006pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/3774
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.relationPortuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. under Grant nunber UIDP/04748/2020pt_PT
dc.subjectinfantspt_PT
dc.subjectbabywalkerpt_PT
dc.subjectautonomous seatpt_PT
dc.subjectautonomous walkpt_PT
dc.titleShort Report: Babywalkers Use and Age of Autonomous Sitting and Walking in Portuguese Infantspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue7pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Psychology Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume10pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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