Relationship between infant neuromotor assessment and preschool motor measures.
The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the relationship between early neuromotor findings, as assessed by the Movement Assessment of Infants (MAI), and later gross and fine motor outcomes, as measured by the Peabody Developmental Gross Motor Scale and the Frostig Eye-Motor Coordination Subtest. The sample consisted of 77 children who had been identified in infancy as biologically at risk and who had 4-month MAI scores and 4.5-year motor evaluation scores. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between the MAI scores and the two motor outcome measures yielded no clinically significant relationships. These findings suggest that therapists should use the MAI as a reflection of an infant's performance at the time of testing rather than as an indicator of future potential.
D001034:Apgar Score; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D010808:Physical Examination; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk