title: Early identification of motor delay: Family-centred screening tool.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the Harris Infant Neuromotor Test (HINT), an infant neuromotor test using Canadian norms published in 2010 that could be used to screen for motor delay during the first year of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Extensive research has been published on the intrarater, interrater, and test-retest reliability and the content, concurrent, predictive, and known-groups validity of the HINT, as well as on the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of parental concerns, as assessed by the HINT. Most evidence is level II.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diagnosing motor delays during the first year of life is important because these often indicate more generalized developmental delays or specific disabilities, such as cerebral palsy. Parental concerns about their children's motor development are strongly predictive of subsequent diagnoses involving motor delay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Only through early identification of developmental motor delays, initially with screening tools such as the HINT, is it possible to provide referrals for early intervention that could benefit both the infant and the family.
authors: Professor Emerita in the Department of Physical Therapy in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. susan.harris@ubc.ca.
authors: Susan R
authors: SR
authors: Harris
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D000068079:Motor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical