General Movements Assessment and Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination for early diagnosis of cerebral palsy in infants born at term treated with therapeutic hypothermia

The GMA and HINE were predictive of CP in infants born at term with neonatal encephalopathy who had undergone therapeutic hypothermia. Atypical (absent or abnormal) fidgety movements on the GMA at 3 months and the HINE score at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months were all highly associated with CP diagnosis with more than 80% sensitivity and more than 90% specificity. The optimal HINE cutoff score for predicting CP may differ from infants born preterm and will benefit from further analysis.