Accuracy of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) to detect developmental delay of gross motor skills in preterm infants: A systematic review

Albuquerque, Plínio Luna de; Lemos, Andréa; Guerra, Miriam Q; Eickmann, Sophie Helena

doi:10.3109/17518423.2014.955213

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“…Characteristically a screening tool should have a high sensitivity, where it is capable of picking up almost all positive cases. Many studies have reported that AIMS is routinely used to detect older children with motor problems early; however, we did not find any studies done on neonates (4,5,6).…”

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A comparison of Alberta’s Infant Motor Scale and Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale

Perera

Godamunne

Nandasena

et al. 2018

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Background and aims.The Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale (NBAS) was introduced by Brazelton is a useful tool to assess neurodevelopment in newborn in research setting. However, it is complex, timeconsuming and requires specialized training for administration and is therefore difficult tool to use in routine clinical settings. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is a simple tool to assess of motor maturation of a child up to 18 months and can be administered with minimal training for the health care professionals. The study goal of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the AIMS in comparison with the NBAS in assessing motor maturity at birth. Methods.We administered the AIMS and NBAS to a total of 66 newborn babies delivered in three obstetric units at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama, Sri Lanka. The subjects were selected from a sample of 545 newborn babies in an ongoing birthcohort study evaluating effects of prenatal exposure to biomass smoke and infant neurodevelopment. Trained research assistants administered first the NBAS, followed by the AIMS one-hour later. Univariate and bivariate statistics were used to compare the two scales.

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A comparison of Alberta’s Infant Motor Scale and Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale

Perera

Godamunne

Nandasena

et al. 2018

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“…5,9,6 Due to these reasons, AIMS has been widely used as a measure of clinical outcomes and research, both in preterm and term infants around the world. 9,10,13,18 Nevertheless, several studies indicated that AIMS normative data would be inadequate for children of different cultures. 11,15,22,27 One such study by Fleuren et al 21 or international differences.…”

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“…5,8 AIMS has been used internationally as a clinical or research outcome measure for assessing gross motor abilities of term or preterm infants, although it is a Canadian norm-references measure. [9][10][11][12][13] The validity of the AIMS was obtained for infants in Spain, 12 a South African region, 14 Brazil, 15 Japan, 16 China, 17 and Taiwan. 18 Although AIMS is commonly used in various countries, the question remains as to whether current Canadian norm values represent the AIMS scores of infants with different cultural backgrounds.…”

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“…However, Saccani et al 11 reported that the AIMS scores of Brazilian infants were lower than the scores of Canadian norms, 5 and the authors emphasized that to establish reference values for the AIMS of infants was important across cultures. AIMS has been widely used as a measure of clinical outcome and research worldwide, 9,10,13,18 including Turkey. 23,24 To our knowledge, no study has investigated AIMS reference values in Turkish infants.…”

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Assessment of motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in full-term infants

Kepenek-Varol

Hoşbay

Varol³

et al. 2020

Turk J Pediatr

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The Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) is a well-known, norm-referenced scale that evaluates the gross motor development of children from birth to 18 months. The aim of the study was to compare the Canadian norms with the AIMS scores of a Turkish sample of infants, and to investigate whether the current reference values of the AIMS are representative for Turkish full-term infants. The study was conducted with 411 Turkish infants of both sexes (195 girls and 216 boys), born with gestational age 38 weeks and older, weighing ≥2500 g at birth. Motor performance of all the cases at different ages were assessed with the AIMS which was used by a physiotherapist. The mean AIMS scores of Turkish infants were compared with the norm values of the original AIMS established in a Canadian sample of infants. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the AIMS scores of Turkish and Canadian infants during the first 18 months of life except at 0-<1 and 2-<3 months of age. The AIMS scores were significantly lower in Turkish infants than in Canadian infants at 0-<1 (p=0.025) and 2-<3 (p=0.042) months of age. In conclusion, the AIMS can be used in Turkish children to assess gross motor development, especially after 4 months of age. However, this paper was presented as a preliminary study to compare AIMS results between Turkish and Canadian infants, and further studies are needed to realize the Turkish validation of AIMS.

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“…En población pediátrica, se utilizan escalas de medición para la predicción de retrasos en las dimensiones del desarrollo del niño, entre las escalas validas se encuentran la escala abreviada del desarrollo, escala de Alberta, GMFM (Gross motor function measure)-88, GMFM(Gross motor function measure)-66 y Infanib las cuales son capaces de identificar retrasos en el desarrollo y así mismo brindar herramientas de intervención para ayudar a la corrección de las alteraciones producidas para la realización de actividades funcionales en los niños (Almeida, 2008) (Alotaibi, 2014) (Charpak, 2016) (De Albuquerque, 2015 (Dumas, 2015) (Harris S. R., 2010) (Hormiga, 2008) (Ko, 2012) (Liao, 2012) (Lundkvist Josenby, 2009) (Muñoz-Caicedo, 2013 (Snyder, 2008) (Valentini, 2012).…”

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Instrumentos De Evaluación Fisioterapéutica en Población Adulta Y Pediátrica Utilizadas en La Práctica Clínica

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2019

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Introducción La fisioterapia como área de estudio del movimiento corporal humano, se ha enfatizado en ofrecer herramientas de recuperación a pacientes con diversos tipos de patología a nivel osteomuscular, cardiovascular y neuromuscular. Los procesos de evaluación en fisioterapia son importantes para la identificación de alteraciones estructurales y funcionales en el movimiento corporal humano, en la actualidad existen diversos instrumentos de evaluación con altos niveles de confiabilidad que permiten identificar alteraciones funcionales en los pacientes. Objetivo realizar una revisión de la literatura sobre pruebas clínicas utilizadas para la evaluación del movimiento corporal humano en población adulta y pediátrica en la práctica clínica categorizada por las categorías de la APTA. Método revisión sistemática de la literatura donde se tuvieron en cuenta estudios contemplados del año 2000 al 2016, literatura que contemplara los siguientes términos DeCS: Evaluation, Physical Therapy, pediatrics, adult. Resultados se pudo identificar que entre población adulta y pediátrica existen diferencias en las escalas de medición utilizadas para la evaluación del movimiento corporal humano, las escalas pueden ser categorizadas a través de las categorías de la APTA como características antropométricas, capacidad aeróbica y resistencia, integridad integumentaria, dolor, conciencia atención y cognición, integridad refleja, función motora, desarrollo neuromotor e integridad sensorial, rango de movimiento y flexibilidad, desempeño muscular, marcha y locomoción, balance, autocuidado y manejo en el hogar. Conclusión se pudieron identificar pruebas clínicas con altos niveles de validez y confiabilidad que permiten determinar alteraciones del movimiento corporal humano en adultos y niños, estas pruebas pueden ser categorizadas a través de las categorías de la APTA.

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Accuracy of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) to detect developmental delay of gross motor skills in preterm infants: A systematic review

Cited by 25 publications

References 28 publications

A comparison of Alberta’s Infant Motor Scale and Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale

A comparison of Alberta’s Infant Motor Scale and Brazelton Neonatal Behavior Assessment Scale

Assessment of motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in full-term infants

Instrumentos De Evaluación Fisioterapéutica en Población Adulta Y Pediátrica Utilizadas en La Práctica Clínica

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