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- Title
A comparison of three procedures to assess the motor ability of 12-month-old infants with cerebral palsy.
- Authors
Hallam, Philippa; Weindling, A. M.; Klenka, Helena; Gregg, Jacqueline; Rosenbloom, L.; Hallam, P; Klenka, H; Gregg, J
- Abstract
This study compared three methods of assessing motor impairment during infancy. The 77 infants studied were considered to be at high risk of motor impairment because of abnormal neonatal cranial ultrasound scans or abnormal somatosensory responses. The children were assessed at eight and 12 months post-term by the Movement Assessment of Infants, the Griffiths locomotor development quotient and the limb-by-limb approach, and the results were compared with clinical assessment at 12 months post-term. The sensitivity of the limb-by-limb approach was highest, although its specificity was slightly lower than the other tests. It was also the easiest to perform. While giving information about the quality of movement, none of these methods is a quantitative test of movement.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; CHILD development; RESEARCH methodology; MOVEMENT disorders; EVALUATION research; MEDICAL cooperation; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; COMPARATIVE studies; CEREBRAL palsy; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1993, Vol 35, Issue 7, p602
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1993.tb11697.x