General movements and HINE — branching viva

Branch A — Definitions

Examiner: What are general movements and what is HINE?
Candidate: General movements are spontaneous whole-body movements assessed qualitatively for fluency, variability and age-typical fidgety character using Prechtl’s trained method. HINE is a structured scored neurological examination of the infant that yields an optimality profile. ^{[4] [5] [6]}