Léa Guéret
PhD student
My research focuses on the sensory-motor development of very premature infants, born between 24 and 32 weeks of amenorrhoea, with brain lesions.
My research project consists of offering early stimulation training in quadruped walking to children born very prematurely with a high risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, involving the parents in the protocol and looking at the overall development, and more specifically the motor development, of the trained children. This project is particularly close to my heart because of my original profession as a paediatric physiotherapist, where I was used to working with this triad of professional/parents/children with a view to optimising my treatment and the development of my little patients. My thesis is under the supervision of Sylvie Tordjman and the co-direction of Jessica Dubois with the collaboration of Marianne Barbu-Roth.
Ongoing project
Early development of cerebral representations of the body in infants: explorations in neuroimaging and behaviour
The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of how a baby’s brain perceives and represents different parts of its body in the first few months after birth, using functional magnetic resonance imaging and behavioural assessments.
Project collaborator
Marianne Barbu-Roth
Effect of early training in crawling using a mini skateboard on the locomotor and motor development of very premature cerebral palsy patients
The project consists of evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of 8 weeks of early stimulation training in quadruped walking on a mini skateboard, the Crawli skate, in 50 very premature babies at high risk of neurodevelopmental disorders and followed longitudinally.
Project collaborator
Marianne Barbu-Roth