Predictive value of neurodevelopmental assessment versus evaluation of general movements for motor outcome in preterm infants with birth weights < 1500 g

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Stahlmann, N ^a   Hartel C ^a   Knopp, A ^a   Gehring, B ^a   Kiecksee, H ^a   Thyen, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Fidgety movements; Neurodevelopmental assessment; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548795432     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984450     Document Type: Article

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