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Rising incidence of premature births increases the need for evaluation of neuromaturation and neurobehavioral development in pre-term infants. Fluctuating muscle tone in these children informs us of the neuromaturation of the central nervous system. Questions evaluating passive and active tone are included in many neurobehavioral scales and inform medical doctors and physiotherapists of the advancing developments of the lower motor centres. Achieving neonatal quality of limb flexion tone is the goal of neonatal physiotherapy, followed by paediatric physiotherapy that aims to involve higher motor centres. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]