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This research was supported by a grant from the Cerebral Palsy Foundation for Implementation of Early Diagnosis and Intervention for Cerebral Palsy to B.O. and N.M.
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A.J.C. was involved in the analysis and interpretation of data, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, contributed to revisions, and approved the final manuscript. B.O., N.M. and V.J.B. made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, revising the article critically for important intellectual content, and gave final approval of the version to be published. M.M. contributed to manuscript revisions and approval of the final manuscript.
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This data was also presented at Early Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy E-Health Summit (August 2021) and the AAN Annual Meeting (April 2023). There are no potential conflicts of interest.
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Chirigos, A.J., Ostrander, B., Burton, V.J. et al. Prechtl’s General Movements Assessment at writhing age guides MRI use in clinical implementation network. Pediatr Res 95, 1188–1190 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-023-02856-z
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