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[Characteristics of the neuropsychological development of infants during the first year of life, engaged in swimming]. 1989

A I Kliorin, and N Zh Aleksandrovich

The authors present the results of studying the neuropsychic development of 100 children of the first year of life engaged in swimming and of 50 children of the same age not engaged in swimming. The neuropsychic development was appraised in accordance with the Tables given in the Methodological Recommendations worked out by the Gorky Research Institute in 1982. The swimming was found to cause a marked advance in the neuropsychic development of the children. That advance was discovered even after a month since the swimming onset. The development of movements and emotions was influenced first of all and to a greater degree. Later the swimming produced a favourable effect on the development of speech. The effect of the swimming on the neuropsychic development was more pronounced in boys than in girls.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D009043	Motor Activity	Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.	Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D002657	Child Development	The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.	Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D013550	Swimming	An activity in which the body is propelled through water by specific movement of the arms and/or the legs. Swimming as propulsion through water by the movement of limbs, tail, or fins of animals is often studied as a form of PHYSICAL EXERTION or endurance.