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Predictors of early motor trajectories from birth to 5 years in neonatal at-risk children 

Nicole Baumann, James Tresilian, Dieter Wolke 

The attainment of motor skills are a crucial part in children’s development. This study sought to describe motor development in at-risk children across the first five years of life and to identify perinatal and neonatal risk factors of delayed or problematic early motor development. Early identification of children at-risk of a trajectory of high motor problems across infancy and toddlerhood may help referring those children to interventions at an earlier age. Modifiable early social environmental risk factors, such as parent-infant relationship may be addressed by intervention strategies to prevent children from developing high motor problems during early childhood.