Publication: Assessment of motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in full-term infants.
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Kepenek-Varol, B
Hoşbay, Z
Varol, S
Torun, EMEL
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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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Kepenek-Varol B., Hoşbay Z., Varol S., Torun E., -Assessment of motor development using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale in full-term infants.-, The Turkish journal of pediatrics, cilt.62, ss.94-102, 2020