General movement assessment is correlated with neonatal behavior neurological assessment/cerebral magnetic resonance imaging in preterm infants

Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Sep 17;100(37):e27262. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000027262.

Abstract

To explore the relationship between general movements (GMs) and neonatal behavior neurological assessment (NBNA)/cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in preterm infants.Forty preterm infants were examined with GMs assessment before gestational age of 40 weeks; NBNA was performed at the age of 40 weeks; cerebral MRI was performed at the age of 42 weeks.Our experiment showed that preterm infants with poor GMs scores are more likely to have low NBNA scores (P = .001); preterm infants with abnormal cerebral MRI are more likely to have low NBNA scores (P = .002); preterm infants with poor GMs scores are more likely to have abnormal cerebral MRI (P = .012).GM assessment is correlated with NBNA and MRI results in preterm infants for neurological development.

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / instrumentation*
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / standards
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature / physiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Neonatal Screening