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

Dimitrios Syrengelas; Vassiliki Kalampoki; Paraskevi Kleisiouni; Vassiliki Manta; Stavros Mellos; Roser Pons; George P. Chrousos; Tania Siahanidou

doi:10.2522/ptj.20140494

Figures

Figure 2.

Mean total of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) score curves of 403 preterm infants versus the 1,038 full-term infants.

Figure 1.

Mean values of preterm and full-term infants according to monthly age level for each of the 4 subscales of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale: (A) prone, (B) supine, (C) sitting, and (D) standing.

Tables

Table 1.

Distribution and Mean (SD) AIMS Scores of Full-term and Preterm Greek Infants According to Monthly Age Level

^a Age was corrected for prematurity in preterm infants.
^b Comparison of Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) scores between preterm and full-term infants. Pvalues derived by Student t tests.

Table 3.

Results of Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis Showing Changes in AIMS Score by Neonatal Morbidity Factors^{^a}

↵^a Including RDS (model 1), IVH (model 2), ROP (model 3), BPD (model 4), and sepsis (model 5), after adjustment for postnatal age and being born small for gestational age (SGA), in the group of 403 preterm infants. AIMS=Alberta Infant Motor Scale, CI=confidence interval, RDS=respiratory distress syndrome, IVH=intraventricular hemorrhage, ROP=retinopathy of prematurity, BPD=bronchopulmonary dysplasia.