Table 2.

Progression of the Test of Infant Motor Performance scores in late preterm newborn infants according to the corrected gestational age

	34–35 weeks n=14	36–37 weeks n=14	38–39 weeks n=29	40 weeks n=15
Observed Items	10.7±0.6	10.7±0.8	10.8±0.7	11.1±0.6
Elicited Items	41.2±5.2	42.9±6.2	46.9±6.9*	51.5±5.0*
Total Score	51.9±5.8	53.6±6.4	57.7±7.3*	62.6±5.2*

Student’s t-test *- p<0.05

Elicited items and total score: 38–39 weeks x 36–37 weeks; 40 weeks x 38–39 weeks: p<0.05