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APPLICATION OF BABY WALKERS IN RUSSIA: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
A.N. Sharov et al
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As per various research data, from 42 to 90 % families all over the world use baby walkers. There are some data implying
that baby walkers prevent motor skills from their natural development and are to a certain extent dangerous for infants' health.
Prevalence of damages associated with baby walkers varies from 7 to 50 % according to different estimations. Our research goals
were to determine reasons for application of baby walkers in Russia and their prevalence in Russian families; to assess levels and
structure of children injuries caused by baby walkers and their influence on motor development and on walking pattern formation.
We performed three cohort pieces of research with pseudo-retrospective design. The overall sampling included 749
children; "baby-walker" groups consisted of 363 infants. We also performed an anamnestic questioning of parents with specially
designed anonymous questionnaires. The research was accomplished on typical Russian territories (Rzhev and Rzhev
district in Tver' region, population amounts to approximately 60.3 thousand people).
We detected that frequency with which baby walkers were applied among children on the examined territories was
similar to average frequency detected worldwide and amounted to 62.11 ± 18.5 %. Parents think that basic advantages and
reasons for application of baby walkers are as follows: they make a child to develop faster; they keep a baby busy and help
to keep it safe; they entertain a baby; it is a tradition. The detected level of injuries caused by baby walkers was relatively
low (15.4 %). There were no injuries that require medical aid. Our research didn't reveal any statistically authentic influence
exerted by baby walkers on formation of acquired static deformations in infancy. There is also no statistically authentic
discrepancy between children from "baby walkers" group and "without baby walkers" group in the examined sampling when
they reach the following stages in their development: "standing with a support" and "moving with a support". But on average,
children who grew with baby walkers started to walk on their own with a 13-day delay. We detected a statistically authentic
strong correlation (p<0.01) between application of baby walkers and risk of tiptoe walking (RR=3.56; CI 2.56–4.99
for 95 % provision). A longer period of tiptoe walking in "baby walkers" group confirms that baby walkers exert long-term
negative influence on walking pattern structure. We detected the following additional (attributable) population risk (PAR):
absence of walking on one's own, PAR=4.45–5.3 %; tiptoe walking, PAR=19.6–23.4 %. Application of baby walkers in families
from the examined population decreased from 52.03 to 43.66 % and it means that active informative campaigns aimed at
explaining baby walkers dangers to parents and guardians were quite efficient. It is advisable to perform further research on
the matter.
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NewsBot · Apr 5, 2020

Effects of baby walker use on the development of gait by typically developing toddlers
Paula S.C.Chagas et al
Gait & Posture; Volume 76, February 2020, Pages 231-237

Highlights
•There is no delay in the age of gait acquisition in toddlers who used baby walker.
•Toddlers who used baby walker had slower gait than those who did not use it.
•Toddlers who used baby walker had smaller knee amplitude in the sagittal plane.
•Differences tended to disappear after a few months of practice.
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Background
Decisions about the use of baby walker are in part predicated on caregivers´ beliefs about its effect on gait development. The actual effects of baby walkers, however, have not been established.

Research question
What are the effects of the use of baby walker prior to gait onset on age of acquisition of this milestone and on early walking kinematics?

Methods
Thirty-two toddlers, 16 in the baby walker group (BWG) and 16 in the non-users group (BWNG), were evaluated in the week of gait acquisition and monthly up to six months after this event. Spatial and temporal gait parameters and lower limb kinematics during walking were assessed using a tridimensional motion analysis system. An independent t-test compared age of gait acquisition between groups. A mixed ANOVA examined the effects of group, moment of assessment and the group x moment of assessment interaction effect on the amplitude of joint motions during walking and on spatial and temporal gait parameters.

Results
The age of gait acquisition was not different between groups. BWG had lower gait speed (specifically in the first, third, fourth, and fifth months after gait acquisition) and longer duration of stance and swing phases than BWNG. Additionally, BWG had smaller knee amplitude and greater hip amplitude in sagittal plane than BWNG in the week of gait acquisition.

Significance
The results demonstrated that there is no delay in the age of gait acquisition, but there are differences in kinematics. These results can contribute to evidence-based recommendations by health care professionals about the use of baby walker by toddlers during emergence and early development of gait.
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NewsBot · Jul 10, 2022

Evaluation of the effects of using a baby walker on trunk control and
motor development
Sabiha Bezgin et al
Turk Arch Pediatr 2020

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the use of baby walkers on trunk control
and motor development in typically developing children.
Material and methods: Demonstrating standard developmental steps, 29 children (14 females,
15 males; mean age 10±1 month) who used a baby walker and 19 children (10 females, 9 males;
mean age 10±1 month) who did not use a baby walker were included. Motor skills were assessed
using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale and trunk control using Segmental Assessment of Trunk
Control.
Results: The motor development scores and trunk balance scores were found significantly lower in infants who used a baby walker compared with those not using a baby walker.
Conclusion: It was concluded that the use of baby walkers might adversely affect the motor
development of infants and this may be due to impaired trunk control.
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