Palmar grasp behavior in full-term newborns in the first 72hours of life

Palmar Grasp Reflex in Human Newborns

“…McMaster et al [27] Sann and Streri [28] Shin et al [29] Colson et al [1] Gao et al [30] Tan and Tan [20] Young et al [31] Dionisio et al [32] Chaudhari and Deo [9] Hieu et al [33] Philippi et al [34] Pedroso and Rotta [35] Jain et al [36] Ericsson et al [37] Total 10 articles 4 articles Table 1: Summary of study data.…”

“…They concluded testosterone would be an important hormone determining the cerebral lateralization, but it may not be a determining factor for hand preference. Dionisio et al [32] evaluated the strength and intensity of the handgrip in the first 72 hours of life in term infants and found that the force increases during the hours of birth being stronger in the left hand and in females.…”