Sticky Mittens Training to Improve Reaching Skills and Manual Exploration of Full-Term and At-Risk Infants: A Systematic Review.

Ana Luiza Righetto Greco Natalia Tiemi da Silva Sato Roberta de Fátima Carreira Moreira Jorge Lopes Cavalcante Neto Eloisa Tudella

Published in: Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics (2022)

Findings suggest that sticky mittens training facilitates reaching skills and manual exploration. However, results should interpretation with caution because studies targeted full-term infants. Future research should focus on infants at risk or with motor impairments since sticky mittens training seems to show positive effects and is easy to apply.

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