Concurrent and predictive validity of the infant motor profile in infants at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preterm infants and infants with perinatal brain injury show a higher incidence of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). The Infant Motor Profile (IMP) is a clinical assessment which evaluates the complexity of early motor behaviour. More data are needed to confirm its predictive ability and concurrent validity with other common and valid assessments such as the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) and Prechtl's General Movement Assessment (GMA). The present study aims to evaluate the concurrent validity of the IMP with the AIMS, to assess its association with the GMA, to evaluate how the IMP reflects the severity of the brain injury and to compare the ability of the IMP and the AIMS to predict an abnormal outcome in 5-month-old infants at risk of NDD.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Rizzi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7866878 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature