Association between the Severity of Cerebral Palsy in Infants and Attainment of Early Motor Milestones

Abstract

This study investigated the association between the severity of cerebral palsy in infants and the attainment of early motor milestones. [Participants and Methods] Seventeen very-low birth weight infants with cerebral palsy were included in this study. Perinatal factors, attainment of motor milestones, and gross motor function classification system (GMFCS) scores were investigated. The infants were divided into 2 groups, GMFCS I-II and GMFCS III-V, and the survey items were compared between the groups. [Results] The GMFCS I-II group included a greater number of infants who could roll at the corrected age of 9 months than the GMFCS III-V group. [Conclusion] These results suggest that evaluation of the attainment of early motor milestones may help the early prediction of the severity of cerebral palsy in infants.