title: Late preterm infants' motor development until term age.
abstract: To analyze the motor development of late preterm newborn infants (LPI) from birth to term-corrected age using the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) and to compare the obtained results with those of term infants at birth.
  Prospective cohort study, 29 late preterm newborn infants were evaluated by the TIMP at birth and every two weeks until term-corrected age. The TIMP was administered to 88 term infants at birth.
  The mean TIMP score of late preterm newborn infants was 51.9±5.8 at 34-35 weeks and 62.6±5.2 at 40 weeks. There was a significant increase at 38-39 weeks in the LPI group (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the motor evaluations between term infants at birth and LPI at the equivalent age.
  The LPI presented a gradual progression of motor development until the term-corrected age, but differences with term infants at birth were not detected.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso, Hospital Universitário Júlio Müller, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Viviane Martins
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Faculdade de Educação Física e Fisioterapia, Goiania/GO, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cibelle Kayenne Martins Roberto
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Formiga
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Departamento de Pediatria, Cuiabá/MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto Bezerra
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Pediatria, São Paulo/SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cléa Rodrigues
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D047929:Term Birth