TY - JOUR A2 - Spitzer, Alan Richard AU - Prins, S. A. AU - von Lindern, J. S. AU - van Dijk, S. AU - Versteegh, F. G. A. PY - 2010 DA - 2010/09/07 TI - Motor Development of Premature Infants Born between 32 and 34 Weeks SP - 462048 VL - 2010 AB - Little is known about motor development in late preterm born infants. Our objective was to determine long-term outcome of motor skills of infants born between 32 and 34 weeks. All infants were assessed at corrected ages of 3 and 9 months, using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. At corrected ages of 4 years, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children was done. Seventy infants were seen at 4 years of age (median of 3 assessments per infant). Abnormal assessment at 3 or 9 months of age resulted in normal outcome in almost 80% at 4 years. On the other hand, a normal outcome in the first year of life resulted in an abnormal outcome at 4 years in 10% of the infants. Our results suggest that long-term followup of these late preterm born infants is necessary, as the assessments in the first year do not predict the long-term outcome. SN - 1687-9740 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/462048 DO - 10.1155/2010/462048 JF - International Journal of Pediatrics PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -