The quality of preterm infants' spontaneous movements: an early indicator of intelligence and behaviour at school age
- Butcher, Phillipa
- Van Braeckel, Koenraad N J A
- Bouma, Anke
- Einspieler, Christa
- Stremmelaar, Elisabeth F
- Bos, Arend F
DOIAbstract
BACKGROUND: The quality of very preterm infants' spontaneous movements at 11 to 16 weeks post-term age is a powerful predictor of their later neurological status. This study investigated whether early spontaneous movements also have predictive value for the intellectual and behavioural problems that children born very preterm often experience. METHODS: Spontaneous movement quality was assessed, using Prechtl's method, at 11 to 16 weeks post-term in 65 infants born at <or= 33 weeks of gestation in a single centre. Intelligence and behaviour were assessed with standardised tests at 7 to 11 years of age. Neurological status was assessed with Touwen's test. Multiple regression was used to determine the predictive value of movement quality for i...
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