Mendonça Bianca, Kong Michael, Coombs Alison, Kysh Lynn, Sargent Barbara
Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2025 Feb;67(2):165-176. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.16070. Epub 2024 Sep 5.
To systematically review the psychometric properties of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) when used for infant populations internationally, defined as infants not living in Canada, where the normative sample was established.
Seven databases were searched for studies that informed the psychometric properties of the AIMS and culturally adapted or translated versions in non-Canadian infant cohorts.
Forty-nine studies reported results from 11 663 infants representing 22 countries. Country-specific versions of the AIMS are available for Brazilian, Polish, Serbian, Spanish, and Thai infant cohorts. Country-specific norms were introduced for Brazilian, Dutch, Polish, and Thai cohorts. The original Canadian norms were appropriate for Brazilian, Greek, and Turkish cohorts. Across countries, the validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the AIMS was generally sufficient, except for predictive validity. Sufficient structural validity was found in one study, responsiveness in one study, discriminant validity in four of four studies, concurrent validity in 14 of 16 studies, reliability in 26 of 26 studies, and predictive validity in only eight of 13 studies.
The use of the AIMS with validated versions and norms is recommended. The AIMS or country-specific versions should be used with caution if norms have not been validated within the specific cultural context.
系统评价艾伯塔婴儿运动量表（AIMS）在国际婴儿群体（定义为不在建立常模样本的加拿大居住的婴儿）中使用时的心理测量特性。
检索了七个数据库，以查找有关AIMS心理测量特性以及非加拿大婴儿队列中文化适应或翻译版本的研究。
49项研究报告了来自代表22个国家的11663名婴儿的结果。有针对巴西、波兰、塞尔维亚、西班牙和泰国婴儿队列的AIMS特定国家版本。为巴西、荷兰、波兰和泰国队列引入了特定国家的常模。原始的加拿大常模适用于巴西、希腊和土耳其队列。在各个国家中，除预测效度外，AIMS的效度、信度和反应度总体上是足够的。在一项研究中发现结构效度足够，一项研究中发现反应度足够，四项研究中有四项发现判别效度足够，16项研究中有14项发现同时效度足够，26项研究中有26项发现信度足够，而13项研究中只有八项发现预测效度足够。
建议使用经过验证的版本和常模的AIMS。如果常模未在特定文化背景下得到验证，则应谨慎使用AIMS或特定国家版本。
