The purpose of the study is to assess the influence of correctional treatment on psychomotoric development in infants with muscle hypertonia. The following objectives were put forward: the assessment of specific features of the psychomotoric development of the infants with muscle hypertonia; to evaluate variations of psychomotoric function development; to compare infant psychomotoric development of the infants between in the experimental and control groups. Psychomotoric development of the infants' and the effectiveness of the correctional program were evaluated according to the Munich functional development diagnostic scale. Seven psychometric functions of the infants were being evaluated. Fifty - four infants with muscle hypertonia were included in the study, for which early correction of the disorders was recommended. The experimental group consisted of infants (n=30, at the average age of 6.45 ± 0.38 months) who underwent an early correctional development program applied by rehabilitation professionals at the correction service. The duration of correctional treatment lasted 1.85 ± 0.13 months. The control group (n=24, at the average age of 6.12 ± 0.40 months) consisted of the infants whom was correctional treatment recommended, but their parents refused it for various reasons or failed to complete. The following factors were analyzed: physical and intellectual development of the infants with muscle hypertonia, the age of infants, and their retardation from the... [to full text]