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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Early Hum Dev. 2017 Mar 23;108:9–16. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.03.003

Table 2. NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS) Summary Scores.

NNNS items N Mean (SD) Range
Attention 46 4.42 (1.11) 2.29 - 6.67
Arousal 49 3.32 (0.58) 2.29 - 5.14
Regulation 47 4.81 (0.80) 3.23 - 6.31
Habituation 31 6.28 (1.52) 3.00 - 8.50
Handling 49 0.55 (0.20) 0.25 - 1.00
Quality of Movement 49 4.08 (0.69) 2.83 - 5.67
Excitability 49 3.37 (1.99) 0.00 - 8.00
Lethargy 49 6.24 (2.60) 2.00 - 13.00
Non-Optimal reflexes 49 5.41 (1.78) 2.00 - 11.00
Asymmetrical reflexes 49 0.22 (0.62) 0.00 - 3.00
Hypertonicity 49 0.04 (0.20) 0.00 - 1.00
Hypotonicity 49 0.55 (0.89) 0.00 - 4.00
Stress/Abstinence 49 0.18 (0.10) 0.00 - 0.39

Note: The NNNS examination generated 13 summary scores of the subscales.