Very low birth weight infants in China: the predictive value of the motor repertoire at 3 to 5months for the motor performance at 12months.

Background: Studies on motor performance and its early markers are rare in China, especially in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.

Objective: Apart from the assessment of the inter-scorer agreement, we aimed to analyze to what extent the motor repertoire at 10 to 18weeks postterm was related to neonatal complications, and gross and fine motor performance at 12months after term.

Study Design: Exploratory prospective study.

Are sporadic fidgety movements as clinically relevant as is their absence?

Background: Infants with normal fidgety movements at 3 to 5 months after term are very likely to show neurologically normal development, while the absence of fidgety movements is an early marker for an adverse neurological outcome, mainly cerebral palsy (CP). The clinical significance of so-called sporadic fidgety movements (i.e.