Early prediction of unilateral cerebral palsy in infants with asymmetric perinatal brain injury – Model development and internal validation

Background: Early diagnosis of unilateral cerebral palsy is important after asymmetric perinatal brain injury (APBI). Our objective is to estimate the risk of unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) in infants with APBI during the first months of life using neuroimaging and clinical assessment. Patients and methods: Prognostic multivariable prediction modeling study including 52 infants (27 males), median gestational age 39.3 weeks with APBI from Sweden (n = 33) and the Netherlands (n = 19). Inclusion criteria: (1) neonatal MRI within one month after term equivalent age (TEA), (2) Hand Assessment for... Mehr ...