Movement Assessment of Infants and Alberta Infant Motor Scale prediction to Bayley-III outcome in extremely preterm infants

I commend Lefebvre et al. [1] for their study comparing 4-month infant assessments to 18-month outcomes on the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) [2]. Strengths of the Lefebvre study are inclusion of all subjects who met definition criteria, quantitative documentation of maternal and infant background characteristics, objective measures of outcomes, and clear analytic procedures. However, the authors' conclusion, “We cannot recommend routine clinical use of either the MAI or AIMS for the goal of prediction of later outcome” is undermined by the limitations of the study, which are not adequately addressed in the article.
Source: Early Human Development - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research