Author(s)

Thomas Besios^1*, Alexandra Hristara-Papadopoulou¹, Paris Iakovidis¹, Savas Mauromoustakos¹, Yannis Tzioumakis², Olympia Vliagofti¹, Nikos Comoutos²

¹Pediatric Physiotherapist, Department of Physical Therapy, Alexandrio University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece.

In recent years, many tests have been developed to evaluate the mobility and functional capacity of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). The Infant Motor Profile (IMP) is a recent qualitative infant kinetic behavior assessment for ages 3 to 18 months. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to determine the reliability of the IMP translated for the first time for Greek population, for infants aged 3 to 18 months in order to provide a reliable tool in the hands of experts. Twenty infants (11 girls and 9 boys) with average age ±12.75 months participated in the study. The Greek version of the IMP and a Nikon 5300 digital camera for video recording were used for data collection. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the two independent evaluators and that the Greek IMP had strong reliability. Overall, the results of the present investigation provided considerable evidence suggesting that the Greek version of the IMP test is reliable and can be used to detect kinetic disorders in infants aged 3 to 18 months for the Greek population.

IMP, Test, Infants, Assessment, Reliability

Besios, T. , Hristara-Papadopoulou, A. , Iakovidis, P. , Mauromoustakos, S. , Tzioumakis, Y. , Vliagofti, O. and Comoutos, N. (2018) Comparative Reliability of the Infant Motor Profile (IMP) in the Greek Language for Infants 3 to 18 Months. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 8, 1-7. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2018.81001.