New Neurodevelopmental Assessment for the First Year of Life (SINA): The Neuromotor Scale

Introduction: Neurodevelopmental assessments during the first year are frequently performed with item sets which are composed by each individual examiner guided by own experience. We report the construction and first evaluation of a standardized infant assessment (Standardized Infant NeuroDevelopmental Assessment; SINDA), which covers the age range from 6 weeks to 12 months. It consists of the following three parts: a neuromotor scale (30 items), a developmental scale (16 items for each month), and a socioemotional scale.