title: Power mobility training for a 7-month-old infant with spina bifida.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Power mobility is a critical assistive technology for many children with special needs. Our previous work suggests that certain infants younger than the age 1 year of age can participate in formal power mobility training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report describes the feasibility of providing a power mobility training program with a young infant with spina bifida. Specifically, we longitudinally quantified the infant's driving ability with a joystick-controlled device (UD1), using UD1's onboard computer and video camera from an infant's age of 7 to 12 months. During the training period, the infant improved in all driving variables. The infant's Bayley III cognition and language scores also increased at a rate greater than his chronological age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that power mobility training within the first year of life may be appropriate for certain populations at risk of immobility.
authors.affiliation: Infant Motor Behavior Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA. jacgallo@udel.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Ji-Chul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Galloway
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009048:Motor Skills; D011594:Psychometrics; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014910:Wheelchairs