Perinatal infection is an important risk factor for cerebral palsy in very-low-birthweight infants.

abstract：:Postural sway and gait of 35 children with convergent strabismus were tested and compared with those of a control group. They were found to have a short stride-length and single-limb support time in walking, particularly at slow speeds. The girls had a large postural sway, but not the boys. The results suggest a commo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Odenrick P,Sandstedt P,Lennerstrand G

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the views and practices of paediatric occupational therapists and physical therapists in Canada and the USA regarding the implementation of power mobility for children with mobility limitations. METHOD:This descriptive study utilized a web-based survey that included questions pertaining to therapists' d...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kenyon LK,Jones M,Livingstone R,Breaux B,Tsotsoros J,Williams KM

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of clinically normal newborns, differing in the number of non-optimal factors in their obstetric history, were compared by measuring heart-rate response to a series of auditory stimuli. There was a significant difference between the groups in the direction of the average heart-rate response. The high risk" ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kittner S,Lipsitt LP

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of anencephalus in the largely rural areas of Oxfordshire and west Berkshire from 1965 to 1972 was ascertained from the files of the Oxford Record Linkage Study as 1-49 per 1000 total births. There was little variation within the area, but there was a marked increase in incidence over the eight years of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fedrick J

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the influence of equinus gait treatments on the vertical displacement of the body's centre of mass (COM) in 21 patients with cerebral palsy (14 males, 7 females; mean age 8 y 9 mo [SD 2 y]; range 3 y 7 mo-17 y) presenting different topographical types (quadriplegia, n = 1; diplegia, n = 6; right hemiplegia...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Massaad F,van den Hecke A,Renders A,Detrembleur C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ambulatory status of 74 neonatal intensive care unit survivors with cerebral palsy, excluding those with central nervous system malformations and syndromes, was assessed at eight years of age. Detailed examinations were completed at two and eight years of age; of the 47 who were sitting by two years, 46 became amb...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watt JM,Robertson CM,Grace MG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous opioid dysfunction hypotheses for the development of autism are reviewed, along with clinical empirical studies of opiate antagonists in autism and self-injurious behaviour. There is not yet sufficient evidence to suggest the use of opiate antagonists in the treatment of autism. Further research, particular...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillberg C

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional impairments can limit a child's ability to participate in the experiences of childhood. This'deprivation'can, in turn, have a negative effect on such children's development, academic performance, and quality of life, as well as on the lives of their caregivers and families. Many adults use assistive devices...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Henderson S,Skelton H,Rosenbaum P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of mitochondrial disease is often a challenge because of the extreme heterogeneity of the clinical phenotype and the variety of underlying gene defects. Insight into the range of clinical phenotypes associated with a particular mitochondrial DNA mutation will facilitate better recognition of patients at risk...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Van Karnebeek CD,Waters PJ,Sargent MA,Mezei MM,Wong LJ,Wang J,Stöckler-Ipsiroglu S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate presence and severity of social impairments in alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) and determine factors that are associated with social impairments. METHOD:This was a retrospective analysis of 34 consecutive patients with AHC (19 females, 15 males; mean age: 9y 7mo, SD 8y 2mo, range 2y 7mo-40y),...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Uchitel J,Abdelnour E,Boggs A,Prange L,Pratt M,Bonner M,Jasien J,Dawson G,Abrahamsen T,Mikati MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To establish whether deficits in social cognition are present in children with generalized or focal epilepsy in mainstream education, and whether any relation exists between social cognition, communication, and behaviour measures. METHOD:In a cross-sectional study, children with an epilepsy-only diagnoses in mains...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lew AR,Lewis C,Lunn J,Tomlin P,Basu H,Roach J,Rakshi K,Martland T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of children with deficits in attention, motor control and perception at seven years, drawn from a total population sample of such children in Göteborg, Sweden, was compared at 13 years with a group of normal children with regard to behaviour and school achievement. The index group showed persisting high rates...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillberg IC,Gillberg C

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finger function tasks designed to elicit soft neurological signs or to measure sensory-motor integration were administered to 100 first-, 100 second- and 100 third-grade children as part of a multivariate study of normal writing acquisition in an unreferred sample. The finger-succession task--a measure of motor planni...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Berninger VW,Rutberg J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of the Rotterdam Transition Profile (RTP) to describe the transition process from childhood to adulthood in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were recruited from rehabilitation centres and hospital departments of rehabilitation. In total, 81 young...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Donkervoort M,Wiegerink DJ,van Meeteren J,Stam HJ,Roebroeck ME,Transition Research Group South West Netherlands.

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We have previously demonstrated improved cognitive performance after a classroom-based exercise regime. In this study, we examined the reproducibility of this effect in a more socio-economically diverse sample and also investigated whether cognitive benefits of exercise were moderated by body mass index (BMI) or sy...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hill LJ,Williams JH,Aucott L,Thomson J,Mon-Williams M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-hundred-and-sixty-six children whose blood lead levels had previously been determined were assessed on a battery of psychometric tests. Blood lead levels ranged from 7 to 33 micrograms/100 ml, and the group performed within the average range on all tests of attainment and intelligence. There were significant assoc...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yule Q,Lansdown R,Millar IB,Urbanowicz MA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating a sudden-onset concomitant squint from a paralytic squint in an ill child can be difficult, but the distinction is important in view of the neurological implications of the latter. Furthermore, the two types may co-exist, and four such cases are described. The causes of sudden-onset squint are discusse...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watson AP,Fielder AR

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Scoliosis is a frequently occurring and serious complication of severe cerebral palsy (CP). This systematic review aims to the assess the risk factors associated with the emergence and progression of scoliosis in children with CP functioning at level IV or V of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Loeters MJ,Maathuis CG,Hadders-Algra M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for spinal fusion for patients with myelomeningocele is accompanied by a high rate of complications. The authors report six cases of sudden intra-operative hemodynamic instability which occurred during anterior spinal fusion; the procedures had to be aborted. All children were successfully resuscitated and fou...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Karol LA,Richards BS,Prejean E,Safavi F

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to clarify the extent and cause of African infants' precocity in motor development, as reported by Geber and others, 64 babies and their families were intensively studied in a rural Kenyan community. It was found that the motor skills of sitting and walking, which the Kenyan babies acquired early (by American...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Super CM

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To collect preliminary functional data on ataxia telangiectasia and create a disease specific scale: the Ataxia Telangiectasia Functional Scale (ATFS). METHOD:Retrospective information on patients with ataxia telangiectasia referred to the Assistive Technology Unit was included. Functional mobility scales (the Gro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shenhod E,Benzeev B,Sarouk I,Heimer G,Nissenkorn A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand preference and functional hand-dominance of 45 spina bifida patients (aged 13 to 25 years) were assessed by means of self-reports on an ordinal scale and a tapping task. Non-right-handedness was more frequent among patients with accompanying progressive hydrocephalus. Left-hand preference was significantly more f...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wassing HE,Siebelink BM,Luyendijk W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and forty-three healthy children between six months and two years of age were studied to determine the effect of food texture on chewing duration. Texture determined very strongly how long a bite of food was chewed, with solids taking longest, followed by viscous food and purée, respectively. As children g...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gisel EG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short- and long-term outcome and special problems of 24 children with infantile spasms and tuberous sclerosis (TS) was studied. The diagnosis of TS is frequently missed: white spots on the skin have to be carefully looked for. In the present study, these spots were always found, and calcifications or hypodense are...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Riikonen R,Simell O

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11-year old girl is described who acquired conduction aphasia after head trauma. Detailed study of her repetition defect showed that it was because of impaired short-term verbal memory. CT scan showed two hypodense areas in the left hemisphere, which included the supramarginal gyrus and Wernicke's area. This case i...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martins IP,Ferro JM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A behavioural modification package incorporating stimulus control, cueing, and rapid-extinction techniques was applied to a group of 15 children with severe learning disability who had chronic sleep disorders. Improvements in their night-settling and night-waking patterns occurred quickly (within a few days) and, in 1...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bramble D

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface electromyography and accelerometry provide essential information on the neurophysiological characteristics of essential tremor. There are many reports on neurophysiological features in adult-onset essential tremor, but to our knowledge there have been no similar investigations of essential tremor in children. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fusco C,Valls-Solé J,Iturriaga C,Colomer J,Fernández-Alvarez E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing brain is especially sensitive to a wide range of experiences, showing a remarkable capacity for plastic changes that influence behavioural outcomes throughout the lifetime. We review the principles that regulate this plasticity in development and consider the factors that modulate the developing brain. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kolb B,Harker A,Gibb R

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review examines the effects of casting, either alone or in combination with botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A), on equinus in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Comparisons are made between casting alone and no treatment, between casting alone and BTX-A alone, between combined casting and BTX-A and each tr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Blackmore AM,Boettcher-Hunt E,Jordan M,Chan MD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-month-old child born with marked microcephaly (head circumference 17cm) was found at autopsy to have gliomesodermal tissue replacing the telencephalon (atelencephaly). This finding, together with genital anomalies and hypoplasia of the extremities, suggests arrest at the fifth week of fetal life. The clinical an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Garcia CA,Duncan C

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00