Qualitative abnormalities of spontaneous motor activity in newborns and young @entity1 are early predictive markers for later @entity306 . Aim of this research was to identify which motor patterns may be specific for later @entity306 . In a large, prospectively performed longitudinal study involving four European hospitals we identified twelve cases with the relatively rare condition of @entity306 and compared their early motor development with twelve @entity306 cases and twelve controls. From birth to the fifth month post-term, all @entity1 were repeatedly videoed and their spontaneous motor patterns, including general movements, were assessed. Until the second month post-term, the @entity1 that later became @entity910 displayed a poor repertoire of general movements, "arm movements in circles" and finger spreading. Abnormal arm and finger movements remained until at least five months and were then concurrent with a lack of arm and leg movements towards the midline. Later @entity910 @entity1 share with later spastic @entity1 the absence of fidgety movements, a spontaneous movement pattern that is normally present from three to five months. Qualitative assessment of spontaneous motor patterns enabled us to identify @entity1 at high risk for @entity306 early in life. Additionally, we were able to discriminate them from those @entity1 at high risk for later @entity306 . This is a matter of significant clinical relevance because the two types of @entity306 ask for different management and early intervention.

The early markers for later XXXX are different from those for @entity306 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['infants'] @entity910 :: ('MESH:D004409', 'Disease') :: ['dyskinetic'] @entity306 :: ('MESH:D002547', 'Disease') :: ['spastic cerebral palsy', 'dyskinetic cerebral palsy', 'cerebral palsy']
@entity306 :: (MESH:D002547,Disease) :: ['dyskinetic cerebral palsy']
