Motor Development Comparison between Preterm and Full-Term Infants Using Alberta Infant Motor Scale

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ID15510653
AuthorsJooyeon Ko (Daegu Health College, corresponding author), Hyun Kyoon Lim (0000-0001-6796-6721, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue5
Pages3819-3819
Publication date2023-02-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20053819
PMID36900838
OpenAlexW4321497521
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) was developed to evaluate the motor development of infants up to 18 months of age. We studied 252 infants in three groups (105 healthy preterm infants (HPI), 50 preterm infants with brain injury (PIBI), and 97 healthy full-term infants (HFI) under 18 months, corrected age (CoA)) using AIMS. No significant differences were found among HPI, PIBI, and HFI in infants less than 3 months old, yet significant differences were noted in positional scores ( p p p < 0.05). After four months, motor developmental delays (10th ≥) were observed in HPI and PIBI at rates of 26% and 45.8%, respectively. Midline supine development, a representative indicator of early motor development, was slower even in healthy preterm infants than in full-term infants. AIMS has a good resolution to discriminate preterm infants who are showing insufficient motor development from 4 months to 9 months

Biology · Developmental psychology · Full Term · Geography · Motor activity · Motor skill · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physics · Pregnancy · Scale (ratio · Term (time · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Infant Health and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Pediatrics

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