Use of the TIMP in Assessment of Motor Development of Infants With Down Syndrome.

Purpose: Infants with Down syndrome (DS) who are admitted to rehabilitation centers are several weeks old, and the tests that they undergo are often not specific enough to highlight the main developmental disorders in the first postnatal trimester. The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of using the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) to examine motor development of children with DS.

Methods: Using the TIMP, 141 infants, including 64 infants with DS, with a mean age of 9.