Chronological vs. Adjusted Age in Assessing Motor Development of Healthy Twelve-Month-Old Premature and Fullterm Infants

A concern among clinicians is whether evaluation of premature infants' motor development should be based on the infants' chronological age or whether adjustments should be made to account for gestational age at birth. Most investigators examining this issue have studied cognitive development, and the few studies exploring motor development have included premature infants at high-risk for motor deficits. The present infants in terms of gross and …