Delayed Motor Development And Musculoskeletal Dysfunction: The Role Of Emergency Screening, Nutrition, And Physiotherapy

Abstract

Delayed Motor Development and its musculoskeletal complications are still one of the most critical pediatric issues, still prevalent in 10-15 percent of the pediatric population worldwide. The complications lead to lifelong disability in mobility, coordination, participation, and quality of life. The current systematic review outlines the recently available evidence on causative, detection, and current practices of Delayed Motor Development from 2020-2025 and how individual aspects of Emergency Screening, Nutritional Modalities, and Physiotherapeutic Modalities are interconnected towards effective DMD control. The primary cause can still be prematurity, genetic, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental conditions, further worsening musculoskeletal conditions of hypotonia, contracture, and deformity problems respectively. The emergency screening performed during acute practices can be used as a priority precursor towards adopting screening on-time, with studies indicating that ASQ has proven enormous sensitivity as a screening tool for risk factor-possessed babies respectively. The role of addressing nutrient inadequacies towards optimizing Vitamin D, calcium, and protein has been proven vital towards enhanced musculoskeletal mass and bone mineral content, with evidence supporting that reduced Supplementations towards rickets have diminished related milestones delay respectively. Benefits of Neuro-Developmental and Task-Oriented Physiotherapeutic Modalities towards speeding milestones and inhibiting secondary complications are represented