The Spanish version of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: Validity and reliability analysis

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 76-82

  Morales Monforte, Erica ^a   Bagur Calafat, Caridad ^a   Suc Lerin, Neus ^b   Fornaguera Martí, Montserrat ^b   Cazorla Sánchez, Engracia ^b   Girabent Farrés, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alberta Infant Motor Scale; infants; internal consistency; motor development; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA INFANT MOTOR SCALE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE POSITION; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; WEIGHT BEARING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARDS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 85010888115     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2015.1066461     Document Type: Article

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