Influences on Prenatal Infant Motor Development

Annals of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy (APhOT), cilt.7, sa.4, ss.278-285, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)

Introduction: It is very important to monitor children's physical, cognitive, social and emotional development in order to help

them achieve healthy growth and development. The process and product of development and mastery of movements can be

affected in very different and complex ways. Both the process and the product are affected by the person's heredity and past

experiences.

Methods: Factors affecting motor development can be considered in three ways: 1. Before birth, 2. During birth, 3. After birth.

Factors Affecting Prenatal Motor Development can be affected by environmental and hereditary factors at every stage of life.

The development process of the baby, who develops healthily before birth, may be impaired as a result of lack of oxygen during

the birth or postnatal accidents and poisonings.

Results: Factors affecting motor development before birth: Nutrition and chemicals, malnutrition before birth, drugs used by

the mother, alcohol and smoking, heredity, chromosomal disorders, gene-related disorders, environment, radiation. chemical

pollution Medical Problems, sexually transmitted diseases, maternal infection, hormonal and chemical imbalances, blood

incompatibility, maternal emotional stress, early pregnancy, pregnancy toxemia. Nutrition and Chemicals Everything that

enters the mother's stomach affects the fetus. The effects of harmful substances vary according to the conditions.

Conclusion: The environment in which the fetus is located, the degree, amount or dose of nutritional or chemical damage, the

stage of pregnancy of the mother significantly affects the unborn baby. Prenatal malnutrition, maternal medications, alcohol

and smoking are the chemical and nutritional factors that affect motor development in the prenatal period.

Keywords: Infant; Motor; Pscyhomotor; Development; Prenatal; Mother