Validity of the Alberta Infants Motor Scale in Norwegian infants aged 6-9 months through comparison with Canadian and Dutch scores.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is widely used to assess infant motor development but has shown limited cross-cultural validity in various populations. The distribution of the original AIMS scores has not been cross-culturally validated for Norwegian infants. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of the Canadian AIMS norm reference for Norwegian infants aged 6-9 months and compare their percentile rankings with the Canadian and Dutch norms.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, AIMS scores from a sample of 189 Norwegian infants aged 6-9 months were compared to the Canadian and Dutch norms. Total raw scores from the Canadian norms were compared to those of the Norwegian sample, and the percentiles of the Canadian and Dutch sample were compared to

SUBMITTER: Gothner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11772338 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature