Author contribution statement: Conceptualization, JRM. and GEC.; investigation, JRM, AAD; DMC.; writing—original draft preparation, all authors; writing—review and editing, all authors; supervision JRM, VJC and DMCA. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Institutional Review Board Statement: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the university’s ethics Committee of Universidad Europea de Madrid, assigning it an internal code 2024-738.
Informed Consent Statement: Written i nformed consent was obtained from the patient’s guardians prior to participation.
Data Availability Statement: All data are presented in the manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. Guillermo Escribano-Colmena and Jorge Rey-Mota are affiliated with ®NeuroReEvolution.
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Tables
Table 1. Effectiveness of Functional Neurology Treatment on Primitive Reflex Integration.