title: A comparison of three procedures to assess the motor ability of 12-month-old infants with cerebral palsy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Maternity Hospital.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hallam
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weindling
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klenka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenbloom
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D002657:Child Development / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity