Table 3.

Methodological quality of included articles

Test	Study	Country	Population (age, diagnosis)	Internal consistency	Reliability	Measurement error	Content validity	Structural validity	Hypothesis testing	Cross-cultural validity	Criterion validity	Responsiveness
Bayley-III	Bayley31	USA	1–42 months	Fair	Fair	Good	Excellent	Good	Good	–	Good	–
	Spittle et al 4	Australia	2, 4 years, Ex prem	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Good	–
	Visser et al 35	The Netherlands	2.2–10.8 years, GDD, LI	–	–	–	Excellent	Poor	–	–	–	–
BOT-2	Wuang and Su36	Taiwan	4–12 years ID	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	–	–	–	–	–	Fair
	Wuang et al 21	Taiwan	3–6 years ID	Fair	Good	Good	–	–	–	–	Good	Fair
	Bruininks and Bruininks12	USA	4–21 years	Good	Fair (inter-rater) Fair (test–retest)	Good	Excellent	Good	–	–	Good	–
MABC-2 (AB 1)	Ellinoudis et al 37	Greece	3–5.5 years	Excellent	Good	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Hua et al 19	China	3–6 years	Excellent	Good	–	Excellent	Excellent	–	Poor	Excellent	–
	Logan et al 5	USA	3–6 years	–	–	–	–	–	Fair	–	Fair	–
	Smits-Engelsman et al 28	Belgium	3–4 years	Poor	Poor	Poor	–	–	–	–	–	–
MABC-2 (AB 2)	Holm et al 23	Norway	7–9 years	–	Fair (inter-rater) Poor (intrarater)	Poor	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Kita et al 38	Japan	7–10 years	Excellent	–	–	–	–	–	Poor	–	–
MABC-2	Griffiths et al 39	Australia	4–8 years	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Good	–
	Henderson et al 29	UK	3–16 years	–	Fair	Good	Excellent	–	–	–	–	–
	Niemeijer et al 20	The Netherlands+ Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Poor	–	–
	Schulz et al 40	UK	3–16 years	–	–	–	Excellent	Good	–	–	–	–
	Valentini et al 41	Brazil	3–13 years	Fair	Fair	–	Fair	Poor	–	Poor	Poor	–
	Wuang et al 21	Taiwan	3–6 years, ID	Fair	Good	Good	–	–	–	–	Good	Fair
	Wuang et al 42	Taiwan	6–12 years DCD	Poor	Fair	Good	–	–	–	–	–	Fair
MAND	Hands et al 43	Australia	10–17 years	–	–	–	–	Excellent	–	–	–	–
	McCarron32	USA	7 years	–	–	–	Fair	Poor	–	–	Poor	–
NSMDA	Danks et al 44	Australia	2+4 years ELBW	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Fair	–
	MacDonald and Burns45	Australia	2+4 years CP	–	–	–	–	Fair	–	–	Poor	–
	Burns et al 46	Australia	1–24 months VLBW	Poor	–	–	Poor	–	–	–	–	–
	Burns et al 47	Australia	1 month VLBW	–	–	–	–	Poor	–	–	Fair	–
PDMS-2	Hua et al 19	China	3–6 years.	Excellent	Good	–	Excellent	Excellent	–	Poor	Excellent	–
	Wuang et al 21	Taiwan	3–6 years ID	Fair	Good	Good	–	–	–	–	Good	Fair
	Folio and Fewell34	USA	0–71 months	Good	–	Poor	Excellent	Good	Good	–	Poor	–
TGMD-2	Barnett et al 24	Australia	4–8 years	–	Fair	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Farrokhi et al 48	Iran	3–11 years	Fair	Fair	–	Fair	Fair	–	–	–	–
	Houwen et al 16	The Netherlands	6–12 years VI	Fair	Fair	–	–	Fair	–	–	–	–
	Kim et al 49	Korea	8–12 years ID	–	Poor	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Kim et al 50	Korea	5–6 years	Poor	Fair	–	–	Poor	–	–	Poor	–
	Logan et al 5	USA	3–6 years	–	–	–	–	–	Fair	–	Fair	–
	Rudd et al 13	Australia	6–12 years	–	–	–	–	Good	–	–	–	–
	Simons et al 18	Belgium	7–10 years ID	Good	Good (inter-rater) Poor (test–retest)	–	Excellent	Good	Good	–	–	–
	Valentini14	Brazil	3–10 years	Poor	Fair (test–retest) Good (intrarater, inter-rater)	–	Excellent	Good	–	Fair	Good	–
	Wong and Yin Cheung17	China	3–10 years	–	–	–	–	Fair	–	–	–	–
	Ulrich15	USA	3–10 years	Good	Fair (test–retest) Poor (inter-rater)	Fair	Poor	Good	–	–	Fair	–

Bayley-III, Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development third edition; BOT-2, Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency second edition¹²; CP, cerebral palsy; DCD, developmental coordination disorder; ELBW, extremely low birth weight; GDD, global developmental delay; ID, intellectual disability; LI, language impairment; MABC-2, Movement Assessment Battery for Children second edition²⁹; MAND, McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development³²; NSMDA, Neurological Sensory Motor Developmental Assessment³³; PDMS-2, Peabody Developmental Motor Scales second edition^{15 34}; prem, premature; TGMD-II, Test of Gross Motor Development 2nd edition; VI, vision impairment; VLBW, very low birth weight.³¹