1. Multiple Data Streams
Cole Galloway, PT, PhD
Michele Lobo, PT, PhD
Infant Behavior Lab
Dept of Physical Therapy
Biomechanics and Movement Science Program
University of Delaware

2. The University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
APTA Student
Conclave 2010

3. Why multiple data streams?

4. 1) Mission:**
Children
Explore their world
Every day
**This is a high bar for children with special needs.

5. Developmental Psychology
How do novel motor behaviors emerge?
For example: ‘spontaneous’ behaviors adapted for ‘purposeful’ behaviors?

6. Pediatric Neurorehab
How can we alter the emergence of purposeful behaviors?
For example: help young children adapt behaviors for?

7. Focused on the emergence of behavior

8. 2) Our model for babies
brain modules
computers
adults
blank slates
helpless and passive
‘super babies’
computers
angels
animals
bundle of reflexes
complex organizations
set of genes
Baby modeled as baby

9. 3) Research Measures
Behavior
Biomechanical What, Where, When
Limb, joints Video/GPS
Motion Standardized Tests
Forces
Physical Environment
Objects
Home layout
Anatomical Physiological Social Environment
Muscle activity Adults and Children
Brain Imaging MRI/MRS Atypical Environments
Robotic-User interactions

10. 4) Research Environments
Playground
Lab
Clinic
ELC Classroom
Living room

11. 5) Applied Research Studies
1. Motor behaviors don’t exist – expand.
2. Infant behavior is not about infants – expand.
3. Short term change! Long term change? -- expand.
4. I don’t know the key issues – expand.
5. Multisite trials involve multiple people – expand.
6. Expaning funding agendas..NIH, NSF, DOE,

12. Broad-Hybrid-Applied is good…..and tough
• +50 infants born preterm & families
• 5-10 assessments/session
• +800 home sessions • SHAPA
• 5 years • Filemakers
• Initial Budget – 25%

13. OPEN Shapa and OPEN Share:
Make research easier. Getting more out of your data
• Data Drowning, Hoarding, Addiction:
• Gold standard:
How would you know valid data if you saw it? with multiple streams can you see it?
• Error interaction:
‘Actual data + error’ x number of data streams.
• Efficient data mining:
Getting out alive, on budget, in time.
• Conclusions based on Group vs. Individual issues:
how many infants followed the group findings?
• Sharing vs. Collaboration:
friends, dating, meet your mom, marriage, the break up

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vNxjwt2AqY

15. I can not help children with special needs do this without multiple streams.
Action Item 1: Standardizing video methodology during play
Action Item 2: Happy to share.