Relationship of finger function to beginning writing: application to diagnosis of writing disabilities.

abstract：:To spare more children from painful muscle biopsy, a new non-invasive diagnostic motor performance test is undergoing development. Fifteen functional items were used to measure muscle strength and muscle endurance in 68 patients (47 males, 21 females; mean age 7y 8mo, SD 2y 2mo; range 4 to 11y), who had been referred ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van den Beld WA,van der Sanden GA,Sengers RC,Verbeek AL,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to previous case reports, some congenital abnormalities (CAs) of the brain, such as microcephaly, are a result of intrauterine herpes simplex virus infection. A population-based case-control study was conducted to determine the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) after maternal herpes labialis infection durin...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nørgård B,Nørgaard M,Czeizel AE,Puhó E,Sørensen HT

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High rates of neurological complications related to congenital HIV infection have been reported, but often it has been difficult to delineate those clinical impairments specifically related to viral infection of the developing nervous system. The present study attempted to hold causative environmental factors constant...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Diamond GW,Gurdin P,Wiznia AA,Belman AL,Rubinstein A,Cohen HJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To elucidate the relation between motor impairment and other developmental deficits in very preterm-born children without disabling cerebral palsy and term-born comparison children at 5 years of (corrected) age. METHOD:In a prospective cohort study, 165 children (81 very preterm-born and 84 term-born)were assessed...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Van Hus JW,Potharst ES,Jeukens-Visser M,Kok JH,Van Wassenaer-Leemhuis AG

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines the coordination of fingertip forces during object manipulation in both the involved and non-involved hand of 14 children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) aged between 8 and 14 years. While no impairment could be observed in the non-involved hand, subtle deficits in the sequencing of the ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gordon AM,Charles J,Duff SV

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the effectiveness of relaxation training in the treatment of paediatric migraine. Relaxation training was compared with-two control groups (psychological placebo and 'own best efforts') in a total of 99 children and adolescents with frequent migraine. Daily recording ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McGrath PJ,Humphreys P,Goodman JT,Keene D,Firestone P,Jacob P,Cunningham SJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to define the prevalence of and risk factors for behavioural disorders in children with epilepsy from a rural district of Tanzania by conducting a community-based case-control study. METHOD:One hundred and twelve children aged 6 to 14 years (55 males, 57 females; median age 12 y) with act...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Burton K,Rogathe J,Hunter E,Burton M,Swai M,Todd J,Neville B,Walker R,Newton C

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate ataxia rating scales in children for reliability and the effect of age and sex. METHOD:Three independent neuropaediatric observers cross-sectionally scored a set of paediatric ataxia rating scales in a group of 52 healthy children (26 males, 26 females) aged 4 to 16 years (mean age 10y 5mo SD 3y 11m...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brandsma R,Spits AH,Kuiper MJ,Lunsing RJ,Burger H,Kremer HP,Sival DA,Childhood Ataxia and Cerebellar Group.

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conduction velocities of motor, IA and non-nociceptive cutaneous sensory fibres have been studied in the ulnar and median nerves of 145 healthy fullterm neonates and in 77 preterm neonates (postconceptional age-range 28 to 42 weeks). The posterior tibial-nerve motor and IA fibres were studied: the sural nerve cuta...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Khater-Boidin J,Duron B

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare the approximate number system acuity in children born extremely preterm aged 6 years 6 months and typically developing, age-matched peers. METHOD:This population-based follow-up study included 65 children born before 27 gestational weeks (35 males, 30 females; mean gestational ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hellgren K,Halberda J,Forsman L,Adén U,Libertus M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) provide a test population for the theory that elevated testosterone levels alter prenatal brain development and increase the risk of learning disabilities. Eleven subjects with CAH, five of their non-CAH siblings and 16 matched control subjects participated in two ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Plante E,Boliek C,Binkiewicz A,Erly WK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four African children (25 girls, 19 boys) are described with single or multiple limb paralysis as a manifestation of infection with Coxsackie B virus. Single limb paralysis involved exclusively the lower extremity, with no nervous system involvement elsewhere and a relatively benign prognosis. Multiple limb para...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yui LA,Gledhill RF

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in an eight-year-old girl was recounted by Thomas of Monmouth in a mid twelfth-century English hagiographic narrative, The Life and Miracles of St William of Norwich. The child had deformities of both hands and both feet at birth, and she developed torticollis and probably ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gordon EC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rud syndrome is a rare disorder of childhood characterized by ichthyosis, mental retardation, epilepsy and hypogonadism. The authors report a family with this autosomal recessive disorder, review the clinical and dermatopathological findings, and contrast Rud syndrome with the other major neuro-ichthyosiform dermatose...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Marxmiller J,Trenkle I,Ashwal S

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five neurologically normal preterm infants were allocated to one of two groups according to their gestational age at birth (less than 32 weeks; 32 to 36 weeks). Their gross and fine motor development was assessed at eight and 12 months chronological age and eight and 12 months adjusted age. At eight months chron...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Piper MC,Byrne PJ,Darrah J,Watt MJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate short-term (1y postoperatively; E1) and long-term (at least 4y postoperatively; E2) changes in hamstring muscle-tendon length (MTL) and lengthening velocity after hamstring lengthening in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Three-dimensional gait analysis was performed in 19 children (1...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salami F,Brosa J,Van Drongelen S,Klotz MCM,Dreher T,Wolf SI,Thielen M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Controversy surrounds the distinction between high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger disorder, but motor abnormalities are associated features of both conditions. This study examined motor cortical inhibition and excitability in HFA and Asperger disorder using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). METHOD:Pa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Enticott PG,Rinehart NJ,Tonge BJ,Bradshaw JL,Fitzgerald PB

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four infants developed dyskinesia after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery three to four days postoperatively. The dyskinesia was choreoathetotic, and involved mainly the mouth, tongue and face. It was absent during sleep. Three of these infants improved over periods of several weeks, but one infant remained dyskinetic on...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Huntley DT,al-Mateen M,Menkes JH

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomatosis cerebri is the unifying term used when diffuse glial infiltration occurs throughout the cerebral hemispheres. The very few cases reported in children have presented with intractable epilepsy, corticospinal tract deficits, unilateral tremor, headaches, and developmental delay. Antemortem diagnosis is diffic...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jayawant S,Neale J,Stoodley N,Wallace S

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with infantile autism sometimes show hyperesthesia or hypoesthesia to touch, pain, and/or temperature. To clarify the pathophysiology, we examined short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (S-SEPs), elicited by median nerve stimulation, in 24 children with infantile autism (17 males, seven females; age ra...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Miyazaki M,Fujii E,Saijo T,Mori K,Hashimoto T,Kagami S,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Lack of muscle growth relative to bone growth may be responsible for development of contractures in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Here, we used ultrasonography to compare growth of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in children with and without CP. METHOD:Twenty-six children with spastic CP (15 males, 11 females...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Herskind A,Ritterband-Rosenbaum A,Willerslev-Olsen M,Lorentzen J,Hanson L,Lichtwark G,Nielsen JB

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Apolipoprotein E (APOE, protein; [ApoE, gene]) is a lipid transport protein abundantly present in brain cells. We investigated whether the APOE genotype is associated with cerebral palsy (CP) and whether patients with CP with comorbid conditions and more severe neurological deficits are likely to have a particular ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Braga LW,Borigato EV,Speck-Martins CE,Imamura EU,Gorges AM,Izumi AP,Dantas RC,Nunes LG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined phonological working memory and speech discrimination among children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with and without motor problems. Forty-one children were assigned to three groups; children with ADHD (N=9), children with ADHD plus developmental coordination disorder (ADHD+, ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Norrelgen F,Lacerda F,Forssberg H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intramuscular alcohol in treating cerebral-palsied children has led to reduced spasticity for varying periods of time, although the periods diminish with each subsequent injection. During the period of reduced spasticity there is an opportunity for therapists and orthopaedic surgeons to determine whether co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Carpenter EB,Seitz DG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 9-month-old male with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis who developed an acute encephalopathy with focal seizures and developmental regression. Magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral striatal necrosis and raised glutarylcarnitine levels on tandem mass spectrometry of a (crisis) blood spot, and chromato...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mordekar S,Jaspan T,Sharrard M,Morton R,Whitehouse WP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm infants are at high risk for developmental impairments at school age. However, the impact of these impairments on important life skills, such as handwriting, is unknown. Forty-eight first-grade children (27 males, 21 females; mean age 6y 7mo, SD 3.9mo; range 6y 1mo to 7y 3mo) born preterm (birthweight < 1250g;...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Feder KP,Majnemer A,Bourbonnais D,Platt R,Blayney M,Synnes A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The readability of health-related pamphlets intended for the British public was compared with that of English national newspapers. Many of the pamphlets were found to be less readable than desirable. Pamphlets issued by government departments (principally the Department of Health and Social Security) were assessed as ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nicoll A,Harrison C

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic hypothermia is among the adjuvant therapies suggested for refractory or super-refractory status epilepticus (R/SR-SE) in paediatric patients. Experimental evidence of neuroprotective and antiseizure effects provides a strong rationale for using therapeutic hypothermia in patients with status epilepticus. T...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Legriel S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified Gubbay tests, assessing various aspects of motor performance, were administered to 885 Manchester children in mainstream primary education, and centile tables were drawn up by age. Children who had performed badly on one of the four tests were retested two years later, when they were found to have 'caught up'...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ehrhardt P,McKinlay IA,Bradley G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of the psychosocial and cultural factors influencing the management of spina bifida cystica was carried out on Nigerian children (48 males, 28 females) seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, between January 1982 and December 1983. The parents of 74 of the 76 children had never heard of th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oyewole A,Adeloye A,Adeyokunnu AA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00