AUCD: Poster Symposium 3: Early Intervention & Evaluation: Introducing the Prechtl General Movements Assessment to identify children with cerebral palsy (by 5 months of age)

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Using the Baby Moves Smartphone App to Perform the General Movements Assessment [download]

Presenter

Eileen Ricci, PT, DPT, PCS, Program Director
The Maine LEND Program

Description

The qualitative Prechtl General Movements Assessment of Infants is recognized as the gold standard for early identification of cerebral palsy in many countries. This session will prepare attendees to understand the importance of using the Prechtl General Movements Assessment of Infants, its long history of evidence as the earliest and most reliable indicator of cerebral palsy, and successes and challenges to implementation in the United States compared to other countries.

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