Botulinum toxin as an adjunct to motor learning therapy and surgery for obstetrical brachial plexus injury.

abstract：AIM:To evaluate studies on the psychometric properties of measurement tools used to quantify functional mobility in children with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) and other childhood neurological conditions. METHOD:Two independent reviewers identified measures previously used by clinicians to quantify functional mo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Adair B,Said CM,Rodda J,Morris ME

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine possible differences between high-functioning males and females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regarding the core symptoms of autism and coexisting psychopathology. A total of 23 females and 23 males matched for age, IQ, and ASD diagnoses were recruited(mean age 11y...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Holtmann M,Bölte S,Poustka F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with mild developmental delay without dysmorphic features do not often have identifiable underlying aetiological factors. We report on a 5-year-old girl with mild developmental delay and dysmorphic features which were previously unrecognized. She was found to have supernumerary ring chromosome 19 mosaicism wh...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vaz I,Larkins SA,Norman A,Green SH

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome (FCMS) is a distinct clinical picture of suprabulbar (pseudobulbar) palsy due to bilateral anterior opercular lesions. Symptoms include anarthria/severe dysarthria and loss of voluntary muscular functions of the face and tongue, and problems with mastication and swallowing with preservation...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Christen HJ,Hanefeld F,Kruse E,Imhäuser S,Ernst JP,Finkenstaedt M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and optimal placement of pedometers in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who ambulate without aids. METHOD:Seventeen participants aged 7 to 17 years with CP (eight males, nine females; mean age 12y 4mo; SD 3y 2mo), who could ambulate without aids, w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maher C,Kenyon A,McEvoy M,Sprod J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively which neuromotor behaviors in a sample of four-month-old low-birthweight infants were most predictive of later cerebral palsy. The infants were evaluated at four months corrected age on the Movement Assessment of Infants (MAI) and were followed to between three ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Harris SR

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term continuous intrathecal baclofen (CITB) infusion is a treatment option used to manage otherwise intractable spasticity and is delivered via an implantable pump. The purpose of this single-center multidisciplinary review was to report on the long-term safety and efficacy of CITB in the treatment of 21 children...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Campbell WM,Ferrel A,McLaughlin JF,Grant GA,Loeser JD,Graubert C,Bjornson K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic and thromboembolic complications are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with homocystinuria. However, it is unusual for thrombosis and infarction to be the presenting feature leading to investigation for homocystinuria and cerebrovascular lesions in the first year of life. We describe a ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cardo E,Campistol J,Caritg J,Ruiz S,Vilaseca MA,Kirkham F,Blom HJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In children with Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), ataxia is assessed using the surrogate marker the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS). We aimed to determine whether ICARS scores in children with FRDA are confounded by muscle weakness. METHOD:In 12 children with FRDA (10 males, two females; mean age 13...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sival DA,Pouwels ME,Van Brederode A,Maurits NM,Verschuuren-Bemelmans CC,Brunt ER,Du Marchie Sarvaas GJ,Verbeek RJ,Brouwer OF,Van Der Hoeven JH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a complex disorder and children frequently have multiple impairments. Dystonia is a particularly frustrating impairment that interferes with rehabilitation and function and is difficult to treat. Of the available treatments, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has emerged as an option with the potentia...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sanger TD

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Intrathecal baclofen is used in the management of spasticity associated with cerebral palsy (CP). Sudden cessation of intrathecal baclofen may give rise to the potentially life-threatening baclofen withdrawal syndrome. We report three cases in which intravenous diazepam is used effectively in the management of planned...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cruikshank M,Eunson P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one individuals (19 females, two males) with teenage-onset anorexia nervosa (AN), 19 of whom were weight restored, were assessed using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) 7 years after onset of AN, at a mean age of 22 years. For comparison we recruited a younger group without neuropsychiatric dis...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Råstam M,Bjure J,Vestergren E,Uvebrant P,Gillberg IC,Wentz E,Gillberg C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term test-retest reliability of the 10-metre fast walk test (10mFWT) and 6-minute walk test (6MWT) was evaluated in 31 ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP), with subgroup analyses in Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) Levels I (n=9), II (n=8), and III (n=14). Sixteen females and 15 males ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Thompson P,Beath T,Bell J,Jacobson G,Phair T,Salbach NM,Wright FV

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The operculum syndrome, not previously documented as a complication of tuberculous meningitis, is described in a three-year-old African boy. The appearance on CT scan correlates radiographically with anatomical descriptions of the operculum syndrome, and is useful in distinguishing the condition from pseudobulbar pals...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Moodley M,Bamber S

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical phenotype in Lesch-Nyhan disease has been analyzed in 19 patients studied in hospital. In each case the diagnosis was made on the basis of inactivity of the enzyme hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in erythrocyte lysates. All had hyperuricemia, and the presence of 'orange sand' in the diaper ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Christie R,Bay C,Kaufman IA,Bakay B,Borden M,Nyhan WL

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rolfing is a technique which involves the use of pressure on areas of the body in which muscle tendons adhere to each other rather than sliding over one another in the normal way. In this study, a series of 10 patients with mild, moderate or severe cerebral palsy underwent Rolfing Treatment, and the results were evalu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Perry J,Jones MH,Thomas L

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The headache histories obtained from 214 children were analysed by computer to see whether it was possible to identify and classify migraine, and to distinguish children with psychogenic headache. During headache attacks, most children had no or very few associated symptoms. For classification, 175 patients were divid...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rossi LN,Cortinovis I,Bellettini G,Brunelli G,Bossi A

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:Parental report may provide an inexpensive alternative to standardized assessments of children's development. We have adapted and validated a parental questionnaire on cognitive development for use with very preterm infants. Sixty-four 2-year-olds (28 males, 36 females) born less than 30 weeks' gestation (median 28.5 ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Johnson S,Marlow N,Wolke D,Davidson L,Marston L,O'Hare A,Peacock J,Schulte J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were more likely to be the method of conception in singletons with cerebral palsy (CP) than in those without CP. METHOD:Singletons with CP born between 1991 and 2004 were selected from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and matched for birth year to ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reid SM,Jaques AM,Susanto C,Breheny S,Reddihough DS,Halliday J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive calcification of the brain and the spinal cord at early infantile onset was observed in two siblings. They showed growth failure, psychomotor deterioration, deafness, vestibular dysfunction, microcytic hypochromic anemia, abnormal ratios of lymphocyte subpopulations, and slightly decreased bicarbonate on b...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yoshimura M,Hara T,Maegaki Y,Koeda T,Okubo K,Hamasaki N,Sly WS,Takeshita K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe and analyze gross and fine motor function and accompanying neurological impairments in children with cerebral palsy (CP) born between 1991 and 1998 in western Sweden. A population-based study comprised 411 children with a diagnosis of CP ascertained at 4 to 8 years of age. Gross M...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Himmelmann K,Beckung E,Hagberg G,Uvebrant P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series describes three children with chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS), an inflammatory condition characterized by a relapsing-remitting disease course responsive to steroids. The patients (two males, age 3y and 13y; one female, age 14y) ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sa M,Green L,Abdel-Mannan O,Chong WKK,Jacques T,Clarke A,Childs AM,Lim M,Hemingway C,Hacohen Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available observational tools used in the identification of social communication difficulties and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) rely partly on visual behaviours and therefore may not be valid in children with visual impairment. A pilot observational instrument, the Visual Impairment and Social Communicat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Absoud M,Parr JR,Salt A,Dale N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive pediatric disorder that affects both muscle and brain. Children with DMD have mean IQ scores that are about one standard deviation lower than population means, with lower Verbal IQ than Performance IQ scores. For the present study, verbal skills and verbal memory skil...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hinton VJ,Fee RJ,Goldstein EM,De Vivo DC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual presentation of biotinidase deficiency is described. The disorder classically presents in infancy or early childhood with intractable seizures, hypotonia, ataxia, hearing loss, dermatitis, and alopecia. A 5-year-old girl developed acute visual loss associated with optic atrophy, and disturbance of gait with...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rahman S,Standing S,Dalton RN,Pike MG

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to develop an ecologically valid synthesis of the evidence underpinning interventions for children with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), integrating a range of different data sources. METHOD:Three sources of information were integrated: the Cochrane Review of interventions...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Law J,Roulstone S,Lindsay G

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:The prevention of neurological disabilities following preterm birth remains a major public health challenge and efforts are still needed to test the neuroprotective properties of candidate molecules. Melatonin serves as a neuroprotectant in adult models of cerebral ischemia through its potent antioxidant and anti-infl...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Biran V,Phan Duy A,Decobert F,Bednarek N,Alberti C,Baud O

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00