ArticleEarly human development2022
Motor Optimality Scores are significantly lower in a population of high-risk infants than in infants born moderate-late preterm.
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- Risk profiles of motor deficits in preterm infants: a cluster analysis approach.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Trajectories of detailed general movements and their association with one-year developmental outcomes in very preterm, moderate-to-late preterm, and term infants.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes in Australian First Nations infants: The transdiagnostic utility of early screening tools.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026Article
- Concurrent Validity and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Motor Optimality Score-Revised in a Neonatal Surgical Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Placental pathology is associated with lower quality fidgety movements in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Association between the motor optimality score-revised and clinical variables of preterm infants.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Assessing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Graduates Across Varied Settings: A Study on the Feasibility of the Baby Moves App.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Are sucking patterns and early spontaneous movements related to later developmental functioning outcomes? A cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Correlation between pose estimation features regarding movements towards the midline in early infancy.PloS one · 2024Article
- Mobile Solutions for Clinical Surveillance and Evaluation in Infancy-General Movement Apps.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe Motor Optimality Score-Revised (MOS-R) is a detailed scoring of the General Movement Assessment (GMA), measuring the spontaneous behaviors of infants. Infants born moderate-late preterm are not traditionally followed in high-risk clinics, but have increased risk of neurodevelopmental disability.
aimsCompare MOS-R at 3 months corrected age (CA) in high-risk (HR; very preterm or abnormal neuroimaging) infants to infants born moderate-late preterm (MLP). STUDY
designIn this prospective cohort study, parents of enrolled infants created video recordings using an app at 3 months CA. Videos were scored with the General Movement Assessment (GMA) and MOS-R. MOS-R scores were divided into "higher-risk" (≤19) and "lower-risk" (≥20). SUBJECTS: 181 infants born MLP or categorized as HR.
resultsAmong enrolled infants, 68 (38 %) were in the MLP group, and 113 infants were in the HR group. The HR group had 3.8 increased odds of having an aberrant GMA score compared to the MLP group (p < 0.01, 95 % CI 1.38-10.52). The HR group had significantly lower MOS-R scores (mean 20) than the MLP group (mean 24; p < 0.001; 95%CI 3.3-7.3). The HR group had 11.2 increased odds of having a higher-risk MOS-R score (95%CI 2.5-47.6, p < 0.001) than MLP group. Infants were most likely to have a lower MOS-R score if they had any of the following: VP shunt placement, periventricular leukomalacia, or bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
conclusionsAberrant GMA and higher-risk MOS-R scores were more common in infants at high-risk, reflecting history of brain lesions and younger gestational age at birth.
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