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    General movements assessment and Alberta Infant Motor Scale in neurodevelopmental outcome of preterm infants
    (Elsevier Taiwan, 2022) Yildirim, Canan; Asalioglu, Aysegul; Coskun, Yesim; Acar, Gonul; Akman, Pek
    Aim: We aimed to compare the General Movement Assessment (GMA) and the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) in preterm infants for the prediction of cerebral palsy (CP) and neurodeve-lopmental delay (NDD). Additionally, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic compatibility of the General Movement Optimality Score (GMOS), the Motor Optimality Score (MOS), and AIMS for detecting CP and NDD.Method: Seventy-five preterm infants with gestational age (GA) 24-37 weeks were enrolled. Group 1 was composed of infants with 24-28 GA (n = 22); groups 2 and 3 consisted of infants with 29-32 GA weeks (n = 23) and 33-37 GA (n = 30) weeks, respectively. The infants were assessed during the writhing period, the fidgety period, and at 6-12 months of corrected age with GMOS, MOS, and AIMS, respectively.Results: In the writhing period, a cramped-synchronized pattern was observed in 17 (22%) in-fants, whereas a poor repertoire pattern was observed in 34 (45%) infants. In the fidgety period of the 63 infants, 29 (46%) presented with fidgety movements absent. The MOS and AIMS scores of the infants in group 1 were significantly lower than the other groups, which were statisti-cally significant (p = 0.004, p<0.00 1). High and positive compatibility (Kappa coefficient: 0.709; p = 0.001) was found between AIMS and GMOS scores and between AIMS and MOS scores (Kappa coefficient: 0.804; p < 0.001). In all groups, a statistically significant association was found between total GMOS scores (p = 0.003) and the presence of fidgety movements (p = 0.003). GMOS, MOS, and AIMS were found to be associated with CP and NDD (p < 0.001).Conclusion: GMA is an important tool for the prediction of CP and NDD. The combined use of GMOS, MOS, and AIMS may guide the clinical practice for the valid and reliable diagnosis of CP and NDD.Copyright 2022, Taiwan Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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    Relationships Among 3 Movement Analysis Tests in Preterm Infants
    (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019) Rezaei, Derya Azim; Acar, Gonul; Turkdogan, Dilsad; Unver, Olcay; Narter, Fatma Kaya
    Purpose: To investigate the relationships among the Infant Motor Profile (IMP), the Neuro-Sensory Motor Developmental Assessment (NSMDA), and the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) in prematurely born infants. Methods: Sixty-one preterm infants with a birth weight under 2500 g were assessed by the IMP, the NSMDA, and the AIMS. Results: There was a significant correlation between the IMP total score and the AIMS percentile and between the IMP total score and the NSMDA functional levels. There were significant correlations between the AIMS percentile age and the NSMDA functional levels and between the AIMS total scores and the IMP total scores. In the infants with atypical development, the relationship was significant between the AIMS and the IMP; however, there was no relationship between the IMP and the NSMDA. Conclusions: The 3 movement analysis tests are related. The IMP was found to be consistent with other movement analysis tests.
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    Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Osteoarthritis Knowledge Scale Into Turkish
    (Wiley, 2024) Tay, Hilal Ata; Acar, Gonul; Gundogdu, Mert; Kaya, Murat; Muratli, Hasan Hilmi; Darlow, Ben
    BackgroundThe Osteoarthritis Knowledge Scale (OAKS) is a validated tool for assessing knowledge about hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, to date, there has been no translation and adaptation of the OAKS for the Turkish population.ObjectivesTo translate and cross-culturally adapt the OAKS into Turkish and to assess its psychometric properties in the Turkish population with and without hip or knee OA.MethodsThe OAKS was translated following accepted guidelines. A validation study assessed internal consistency, test-retest reliability and measurement error. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to assess the factor structure.ResultsA total of 278 participants (n = 70 with hip OA, n = 105 with knee OA, and n = 103 without OA) were included. Internal consistency was 0.72, 0.79 and 0.79 for participants with hip OA, knee OA, and no OA, respectively. The test-retest intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.72 (95% CI; 0.45-0.85), 0.89 (95% CI; 0.82-0.93) and 0.88 (95% CI; 0.79-0.93) for participants with hip OA, knee OA and no OA, respectively. It had three principal components accounting for 57.2% of the total variance.ConclusionsThe Turkish version of the OAKS is a reliable and valid tool for measuring OA knowledge in the Turkish population, including those with and without hip and knee OA. Test-retest reliability was below acceptable levels in the population with hip OA only. Therefore, we recommend that the ICC be interpreted with caution when used in this population.