Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) Performance of Greek Preterm Infants: Comparisons With Full-Term Infants of the Same Nationality and Impact of Prematurity-Related Morbidity Factors

Abstract

Alberta Infant Motor Scale norms were created for Greek preterm infants. This study confirms that AIMS trajectories of preterm infants are below those of full-term infants of the same nationality. The influence of morbidity factors, including RDS, IVH, and ROP, should be taken into account when administering the AIMS in preterm infants.

Cross‐cultural validity of standardized motor development screening and assessment tools: a systematic review

“…40 Greece. 41 AIMS mean scores were significantly lower in Greek preterm infants, compared with Greek term infants, in each age category. 42,43 This finding supports that the AIMS may be an appropriate assessment tool to measure gross motor development of healthy, term Greek infants as they follow a motor development trajectory similar to that of the AIMS normative sample.…”

“…Mean AIMS scores were not significantly different between term, healthy Greek infants aged 0 to 18 months and the AIMS normative sample, except for the age group of 2 to 3 months, when higher scores were observed in Greek infants. 41 In addition, when adjusting for postnatal age and being small for gestational age, three common medical complications of preterm infants (respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage grade ≤III, retinopathy of prematurity), had a small, but statistically significant, negative influence on the AIMS mean scores of the preterm infants, whereas other medical complications did not (bronchopulmonary dysplasia, sepsis). 42,43 New AIMS population norms for Greek infants have been established, 42 and were used to compare the motor development of healthy, term Greek infants and preterm Greek infants born at 32 weeks gestational age or younger.…”

“…42,43 This finding supports that the AIMS may be an appropriate assessment tool to measure gross motor development of healthy, term Greek infants as they follow a motor development trajectory similar to that of the AIMS normative sample. 41 This suggests that Greek preterm infants' motor trajectories are influenced by common medical complications. 41 AIMS mean scores were significantly lower in Greek preterm infants, compared with Greek term infants, in each age category.…”

“…42,43 New AIMS population norms for Greek infants have been established, 42 and were used to compare the motor development of healthy, term Greek infants and preterm Greek infants born at 32 weeks gestational age or younger. 41 Netherlands. 41 In addition, when adjusting for postnatal age and being small for gestational age, three common medical complications of preterm infants (respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage grade ≤III, retinopathy of prematurity), had a small, but statistically significant, negative influence on the AIMS mean scores of the preterm infants, whereas other medical complications did not (bronchopulmonary dysplasia, sepsis).…”

“…The applicability and/or validity of the AIMS were studied in infants from South America, [35][36][37][38][39] Europe, 36,[40][41][42][43] and Asia. 27 A total of 3452 children, age range 0 to 19 months, participated in the seven studies.…”