Preterm and writhing movements: is it possible to predict fidgety movements in preterm infants?

Felipe A Souza Caroline C L Nogueira Andrea J Silva Paula Silva de Carvalho ChagasJaqueline S Frônio

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2021)

Preterm infants with ≤34 weeks of gestational age have a high prevalence of poor repertoire classifications on the GMA and one single assessment with GMA near the time of NICU discharge seems to be the best time to determine infants who need to be followed more carefully, but the best time point to predict the fidgety movements period was 5 weeks post term.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm infants
birth weight
low birth weight
preterm birth
body mass index