ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019
Early developmental assessment with a short screening test, the STEP, predicts one-year outcomes.
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- Neurodevelopmental screening for neonates less than 44 weeks gestation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Early Detection and Intervention Practices Provided by Physical and Occupational Therapists in Saudi Arabia for Children with or at Risk for Cerebral Palsy.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Revolutionizing Neonatal Care: A Comprehensive Assessment of Neuromotor Development in At-Risk Infants Using the Novel Neonatal Infant Motor Assessment Scale (NIMAS) Test Battery.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Use of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: neurodevelopmental and sensory follow-up.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Early screening tool for developmental delay in infancy: Quantified assessment of movement asymmetry using IR-UWB radar.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) given for poor feeding in at-risk infants also improves their motor abilities.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Quantitative Diffusion and Spectroscopic Neuroimaging Combined with a Novel Early-Developmental Assessment Improves Models for 1-Year Developmental Outcomes.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2022Article
- Functional movement assessment with the Test of Infant Motor Performance.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Review
- "STEP", an early developmental screening tool that predicts one-year outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2019Article
- The Impact of Early Neuroimaging and Developmental Assessment in a Preterm Infant Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.Case reports in pediatrics · 2019Article
- Construct and concurrent validity of test of infants' daily living activities.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the Specific Test of Early Infant Motor Performance (STEP), a rapid screening test of preterm infants at risk for developmental delay. STUDY
designWe prospectively studied 23 preterm infants' performance on the STEP and the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) at term and 3 months, and on the Bayley-III at 12 months. We investigated the psychometric qualities of the STEP and determined STEP cutoff scores for low and high-performing infants.
resultsSTEP scores at term and 3 months strongly correlate with 12-month Bayley-III gross motor and cognitive scaled scores, while TIMP scores did not. The STEP showed excellent reliability and required 6-10 min to administer.
conclusionSTEP is a short, easy to administer, early developmental assessment with unique scoring that emphasizes qualitative and quantitative aspects of muscle tone in movements and predicts 12-month Bayley gross motor and cognitive scaled scores.
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