Christa Einspieler, Arend F Bos, Magdalena Krieber-Tomantschger, Elsa Alvarado, Vanessa M Barbosa, Natascia Bertoncelli, Marlette Burger, Olena Chorna, Sabrina Del Secco, Raye-Ann DeRegnier, Britta Hüning, Jooyeon Ko, Laura Lucaccioni, Tomoki Maeda, Viviana Marchi, Erika Martín, Catherine Morgan, Akmer Mutlu, Alice Nogolová, Jasmin Pansy, Colleen Peyton, Florian B Pokorny, Lucia R Prinsloo, Eileen Ricci, Lokesh Saini, Anna Scheuchenegger, Cinthia R D Silva, Marina Soloveichick, Alicia J Spittle, Moreno Toldo, Fabiana Utsch, Jeanetta van Zyl, Carlos Viñals, Jun Wang, Hong Yang, Bilge N Yardımcı-Lokmanoğlu, Giovanni Cioni, Fabrizio Ferrari, Andrea Guzzetta, Peter B Marschik
The Prechtl General Movement Assessment (GMA) has become a cornerstone assessment in early identification of cerebral palsy (CP), particularly during the fidgety movement period at 3-5 months of age. Additionally, assessment of motor repertoire, such as antigravity movements and postural patterns, which form the Motor Optimality Score (MOS), may provide insight into an infant's later motor function. This study aimed to identify early specific markers for ambulation, gross motor function (using the Gross Motor Function Classification System, GMFCS), topography (unilateral, bilateral), and type (spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and hypotonic) of CP in a large worldwide cohort of 468 infants...
October 4, 2019: Journal of Clinical Medicine