premature infants are more susceptible to motor development , behavior and academic performance impairment when compared to term infants .
OBJECTIVES to examine and synthesize the available knowledge in the literature about the effects of preterm birth on the development of school-age children .
Factorial validity of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (age band 2).
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 ( M-ABC-2 ) is one of the most commonly used tests for the diagnosis of specific developmental disorders of motor function ( F82 ) . The M-ABC-2 comprises eight subtests per age b and ( AB ) that are assigned to three dimensions : manual dexterity , aim ing and catching , and balance . However , while previous exploratory findings suggested the correctness of the assumption of factorial validity , there is no empirical evidence that the M-ABC-2 subtests allow for a valid reproduction of the postulated factorial structure . The purpose of this study was to empirically confirm the factorial validity of the M-ABC-2 .  The German normative sample of AB2 ( 7 - 10 years ; N=323 ) was used as the study sample for the empirical analyses . Confirmatory factor analysis was used to verify the factorial validity of the M-ABC-2 ( AB2 ) . The incremental fit indices ( χ2=28.675 ; df=17 ; Bollen-Stine p value=0.318 ; RMSEA=0.046 [ 0.011 - 0.075 ] ; SRMR=0.038 ; CFI=0.960 ) provided evidence for the factorial validity of the M-ABC-2 ( AB2 ) . However , because of a lack of empirical verification for convergent and discriminant validity , there is still no evidence that F82 can be diagnosed using M-ABC-2 ( AB2 )
premature infants are more susceptible to motor development , behavior and academic performance impairment when compared to term infants .
OBJECTIVES to examine and synthesize the available knowledge in the literature about the effects of preterm birth on the development of school-age children .