Table 1 Inclusion criteria CP-EDIT study

1. Preterm birth with gestational age below 32 or birth weight < 1500 g and clinical concern

2. Moderate to severe brain injury (cystic periventricular leukomalacia, Papile grade 3 to 4 intraventricular haemorrhage, neonatal stroke, term hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (≥ 35 weeks gestation at birth) or other significant neurological condition)

3. History with known risk factors for CP (e.g. neonatal seizures, meningitis, kernicterus, severe hypoglycaemia, brain malformation, increased tone, ExtraCorporal Membrane Oxygenation)

4. Parental concern and one of the factors above

1. Inability to sit independently by age 9 months

2. Hand function asymmetry or crawl asymmetry

3. Inability to take weight through the plantar surface of the feet

4. History with known risk factors for CP as in neonatal pathway

5. Parental concern and one of the factors above