Badihian Shervin, Adihian Negin, Yaghini Omid
Child Growth and Development Research Center; School of Medicine; Isfahan University of Medical Sciences; Isfahan; Iran.
Department of Medicine; Najafabad Branch; Islamic Azad University; Najafabad, Iran.
Iran J Child Neurol. 2017 Fall;11(4):1-6.
Baby walkers are used all around the world as fun equipment without any dangers. In contrast with public beliefs, some researchers have claimed they can cause developmental delay. We aimed to investigate their effect on child development through a systematic review.
MATERIALS & METHODS: We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, and Scopus for related articles in English and included all study designs. All articles, which fulfilled the inclusion criteria, were included without considering the year of publication.
Of 315 articles found in PubMed, 1630 citations in Google Scholar, 18 articles in EMBASE, and 38 papers in Scopus, only 9 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Among them, a cohort study and two cross-sectional studies reported developmental delay in thaspects in baby walker users. Other studies including clinical trials did not show any developmental delay in these children.
Evidence against baby walker is not enough regarding its negative effect on child development. This subject needs to be addressed more, considering a large number of baby walker users worldwide.
学步车在世界各地都被用作一种有趣的设备，且没有任何危险。与公众认知相反，一些研究人员声称它们会导致发育迟缓。我们旨在通过系统综述来研究其对儿童发育的影响。
我们在PubMed、谷歌学术、EMBASE和Scopus中搜索英文相关文章，并纳入所有研究设计。所有符合纳入标准的文章均被纳入，不考虑发表年份。
在PubMed中找到的315篇文章、谷歌学术中的1630条引用、EMBASE中的18篇文章以及Scopus中的38篇论文中，只有9篇文章符合纳入标准。其中，一项队列研究和两项横断面研究报告了使用学步车的儿童在某些方面存在发育迟缓。其他研究（包括临床试验）并未显示这些儿童有任何发育迟缓。
关于学步车对儿童发育的负面影响，反对的证据并不充分。考虑到全球大量的学步车使用者，这个问题需要更多的探讨。
