In a longitudinal study individual trajectories were traced for the developing relationship
between active and passive muscle power in preterm (n = 37) and full term (n = 20)
infants from term to 24 weeks (corrected) age. Such trajectories should enable the
identification of those infants at highest risk for later neurological dysfunctions.
This contention is supported by the findings of this study: those preterm infants
who showed marked discrepancies between the two sorts of muscle power or rigidity
in both beyond 12 weeks corrected age were most likely to manifest neurological problems
at 52 weeks of age.
Preterm AGA - Preterm SGA-discrepancy in muscle power - Predictive value
