4.1. Limitations
Carrying out an outcome assessment at the age of 1 isn't ideal, but then several authors have associated the results of GMA with the motor outcome of preterm-born children at 1 year [31], [38] and [39]. A shortcoming of our study is that no neurological examination was performed at the 12-month appointment. Nor is the information about brain injury standardised; in a number of cases, the clinical protocol only lists “abnormal brain image” without specification. On the other hand, GMA contributes to the neurological examination and helps to predict the motor outcome when brain imaging is not available. This is a benefit for less privileged countries, as was previously shown in South Africa, Iran, or Brazil [31], [39] and [40].