Interrater Reliability of Early Intervention Providers Scoring the Alberta Infant Motor Scale

Blanchard, Yvette; Neilan, E.; Busanich, J.; Garavuso, L.; Klimas, D.

doi:10.1097/01.pep.0000113272.34023.56

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“…The latter was converted to an age-corrected z score based on a Belgian standardization group because the original norm reference values of the AIMS are not representative for the Belgian population anymore (De Kegel et al 2013). High inter-rater and test-retest reliability and concurrent validity are reported (Piper & Darrah 1994;Jeng et al 2000;Blanchard et al 2004;Snyder et al 2008).…”

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Examining the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on the Early Gross Motor Development of Children With a Hearing Loss

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This study shows that the trajectory of gross motor development can be changed in children with a hearing loss after a cochlear implantation. Implanted children show a drop in their gross motor performance within the age range of 6 to 18 months, at which period the majority of the implantations took place, with a tendency of recovery toward the age of 2 years. However, longer follow-up will be necessary to trace whether the implanted children catch up their motor delay in comparison with nonimplanted children with a hearing loss at later age.

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Examining the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on the Early Gross Motor Development of Children With a Hearing Loss

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“…Subjects who scored less than 41 on the TIMSPI were then evaluated using The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infant Test for Neuromuscular Disorders (CHOP‐INTEND) which is a validated 16‐item, 64‐point scale shown to be reliable in SMA type 1 subjects 19, 24. Subjects scoring 41 or greater on the TIMPSI were evaluated using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS), a 58‐item observational scale developed to assess motor development in children from birth until independent walking 25, 26…”

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Baseline results of the NeuroNEXT spinal muscular atrophy infant biomarker study

Kolb

Coffey

Yankey

et al. 2016

Ann Clin Transl Neurol

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ObjectiveThis study prospectively assessed putative promising biomarkers for use in assessing infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).MethodsThis prospective, multi‐center natural history study targeted the enrollment of SMA infants and healthy control infants less than 6 months of age. Recruitment occurred at 14 centers within the NINDS National Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT) Network. Infant motor function scales and putative electrophysiological, protein and molecular biomarkers were assessed at baseline and subsequent visits.ResultsEnrollment began November, 2012 and ended September, 2014 with 26 SMA infants and 27 healthy infants enrolled. Baseline demographic characteristics of the SMA and control infant cohorts aligned well. Motor function as assessed by the Test for Infant Motor Performance Items (TIMPSI) and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infant Test of Neuromuscular Disorders (CHOP‐INTEND) revealed significant differences between the SMA and control infants at baseline. Ulnar compound muscle action potential amplitude (CMAP) in SMA infants (1.4 ± 2.2 mV) was significantly reduced compared to controls (5.5 ± 2.0 mV). Electrical impedance myography (EIM) high‐frequency reactance slope (Ohms/MHz) was significantly higher in SMA infants than controls SMA infants had lower survival motor neuron (SMN) mRNA levels in blood than controls, and several serum protein analytes were altered between cohorts.InterpretationBy the time infants were recruited and presented for the baseline visit, SMA infants had reduced motor function compared to controls. Ulnar CMAP, EIM, blood SMN mRNA levels, and serum protein analytes were able to distinguish between cohorts at the enrollment visit.

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“…Consistent with the PROP study protocol, we did not provide definitions or examples of abnormal findings. Standardized definitions of examination findings can improve interobserver agreement in multicenter studies, 30,31 but these may be used infrequently in studies that include respiratory examination findings as outcomes. A systematic review of pediatric drug and vaccine trials that included wheeze as an adverse event reported that only 26% of the trials provided a definition of wheezing.…”

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Interobserver Reliability of the Respiratory Physical Examination in Premature Infants: A Multicenter Study

Jensen

Panitch

Feng

et al. 2016

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Objective To measure the inter-rater reliability of 7 visual and 3 auscultatory respiratory physical examination findings at 36–40 weeks’ postmenstrual age in infants born less than 29 weeks’ gestation. Physicians also estimated the probability that each infant would remain hospitalized for 3 months after the examination or be readmitted for a respiratory illness during that time. Study design Prospective, multicenter, inter-rater reliability study using standardized audio-video recordings of respiratory physical examinations. Results We recorded the respiratory physical examination of 30 infants at 2 centers and invited 32 physicians from 9 centers to review the examinations. The intraclass correlation values for physician agreement ranged from 0.73 (95% CI 0.57–0.85) for subcostal retractions to 0.22 (95% CI 0.11–0.41) for expiratory abdominal muscle use. Eight (27%) infants remained hospitalized or were readmitted within 3 months after the examination. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve for prediction of this outcome was 0.82 (95% CI 0.78–0.86). Physician predictive accuracy was greater for infants receiving supplemental oxygen (0.90, 95% CI 0.86–0.95) compared with those breathing in room air (0.71, 95% CI 0.66–0.75). Conclusions Physicians often do not agree on respiratory physical examination findings in premature infants. Physician prediction of short-term respiratory morbidity was more accurate for infants receiving supplemental oxygen compared with those breathing in room air.

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Interrater Reliability of Early Intervention Providers Scoring the Alberta Infant Motor Scale

Abstract: The AIMS manual provides sufficient information to attain high interrater reliability without training, but revisions regarding scoring are strongly recommended.

Cited by 39 publications

References 11 publications

Examining the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on the Early Gross Motor Development of Children With a Hearing Loss

Examining the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on the Early Gross Motor Development of Children With a Hearing Loss

Baseline results of the NeuroNEXT spinal muscular atrophy infant biomarker study

Interobserver Reliability of the Respiratory Physical Examination in Premature Infants: A Multicenter Study

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