Clinical application of Hammersmith infant neurological examination

The Hammersmith infant neurological examination (HINE) is a simple, scoreable, standardized clinical neurological examination for infants between 2 months and 24 months of age.It only requires 5 to 10 minutes to complete without the necessity of using specific professional equipment.The HINE can assist in the early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of infants at risk of developing cerebral palsy, being widely used in the early follow-up protocol of high-risk infants. Key words: Hammersmith infant neurological examination; infant, High risk; Neurologic examination