Patterns of participation in recreational and leisure activities among children with complex physical disabilities.

abstract：:We describe the development and preliminary psychometric testing of the Daily Activities of Infants Scale (DAIS), a parent-completed measure of opportunities parents provide infants for development of postural control and movement. First we obtained 1300 photographs of typical activities from 17 families with infants ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bartlett DJ,Fanning JK,Miller L,Conti-Becker A,Doralp S

更新日期：2008-08-01 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：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：:Three groups of children with communication disorders were examined using a series of psycholinguistic markers to explore whether the tasks could identify children with impairments other than specific language impairment (SLI), and to examine whether the different groups within this clinical population could be distin...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Botting N,Conti-Ramsden G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether there are primary effects of prematurity on the development of explicit memory. Elicited imitation of action sequences was used to compare immediate and 15-minute delayed memory in term and preterm infants (19 months corrected age; n=48) who were at low risk: none had exp...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： de Haan M,Bauer PJ,Georgieff MK,Nelson CA

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the development of the parent-rated Hand-Use-at-Home questionnaire (HUH) assessing the amount of spontaneous use of the affected hand in children with unilateral paresis, and to test its internal structure, unidimensionality, and validity. METHOD:Parents of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Geerdink Y,Aarts P,van der Holst M,Lindeboom R,Van Der Burg J,Steenbergen B,Geurts AC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder of multifactorial origin. Today, ASD is generally not curable, although it is treatable to a varying degree to prevent worse outcomes. Some reports indicate the possibility of major improvements or even recovery in ASD. However, these studie...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bölte S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare disorder of metabolism caused by a defective gene on the X chromosome. It is typically characterized by choreoathetosis, hypertonia, hyperreflexia, and self-mutilation. The present study is a 4-year follow-up investigation of the cognitive status of six subjects with a mean age of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Matthews WS,Solan A,Barabas G,Robey K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five days after birth, 144 clinically normal infants were examined according to Prechtl's 'optimality' method. 118 were classified as neurologically optimal and 26 as sub-optimal. At the ages of 12, 22 and 36 months, parents' reports indicated differences in behaviour between the two groups; and at age 22 months obser...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Njiokiktjien C,Kurver P

更新日期：1980-12-01 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：:Neural-tube defects were produced by one of two mechanical perturbations in an amphibian model system: newly-formed neural tubes were slit dorsally, or an intrinsic mass (an eye primordium transplanted to the neural plate) was introduced to prevent dorsal closure. Electron microscopic analyses showed that the resultin...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Katz MJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen ambulatory children with spastic diplegia participated in a bilateral quadriceps strengthening program in an attempt to decrease the amount of knee crouch during gait. Each child exercised three times a week for six weeks using free ankle weights at a load of 65 per cent of maximum. A normal comparison group ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Damiano DL,Vaughan CL,Abel MF

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the vestibular dysfunction hypothesis in learning disabilities. The data indicated that there was no significant difference in vestibular function between normal and learning-disabled children; that there was no significant correlation between vestibular function and academ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Polatajko HJ

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors looked for differences in the energy expenditure patterns of ambulant children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Oxygen consumption was measured according to type of cerebral palsy or level of spina bifida lesion, and in healthy children. The rate of oxygen consumption (mL/kg/min) was significantly hig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Duffy CM,Hill AE,Cosgrove AP,Corry IS,Graham HK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological integrity in sick children is difficult to assess clinically. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of EEG activity recorded with a bedside EEG analysing monitor in an intensive care unit. EEG activity was monitored in 108 children (age range 2 weeks to 16 years, median 1.7 years) co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Murdoch-Eaton D,Darowski M,Livingston J

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a poorly understood disorder with no cure. We determined the landscape of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for CP-related research. METHOD:We searched NIH databases Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results, and Research, Condition, and Disease Categorizat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wu YW,Mehravari AS,Numis AL,Gross P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Brain systems supporting higher cognitive and motor control develop in a parallel manner, dependent on functional integrity and maturation of related regions, suggesting neighbouring neural circuitry. Concurrent examination of motor and cognitive control can provide a window into neurological development. However, ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martin R,Tigera C,Denckla MB,Mahone EM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This population-based study aimed to estimate the impact of neonatal seizures on subsequent neurological outcomes, regardless of underlying etiology. METHOD:We performed a retrospective cohort study (1st January 2009-31st December 2014), using a USA nationwide claims database. Newborn infants enrolled in 2009 were...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oh A,Thurman DJ,Kim H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of repeated botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injections in two and three dose regimes, together with occupational therapy, on upper limb movement and function, was studied using an evaluator blinded, randomized, controlled two-group trial. Forty-two children (31 males, 11 females; range 2-8 y, mean 4 y [SD 1 y 7...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lowe K,Novak I,Cusick A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of statistics in medical diagnoses and biomedical research may affect whether an individual may live or die, whether their health is protected or jeopardized. Because society depends on sound statistical practice, all practitioners of statistics, whatever their training or occupation, have social obligations t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rigby AS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the risk of developing cerebral palsy in relation to pregnancy disorders and preterm birth. METHOD:By linking the Medical Birth Registry of Norway to other national registries, we identified all live births in Norway from 1967 through to 2001. Risks of cerebral palsy (CP) after preterm delivery and pregn...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Trønnes H,Wilcox AJ,Lie RT,Markestad T,Moster D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to produce and sustain a criterion level of precision isometric grip force was studied in a group of 7- to 12-year-old children with cerebral palsy (CP) and in a control group. On-line visual feedback of the forces produced relative to a stationary target was provided for each 5-second trial. Subjects prac...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Valvano J,Newell KM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one extremely preterm infants were studied to ascertain whether there is an association between sonographic abnormalities and neurological examination at term, controlling for factors such as low birthweight and chronic lung-disease. Their mean birthweight was 956g and mean gestational age was 27.9 weeks. Sonogr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bozynski MA,DiPietro MA,Meisels SJ,Plunkett JW,Burpee B,Claflin CJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to evaluate the contribution of early magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the presymptomatic diagnosis of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) in infants with a facial port-wine birthmark (PWB). METHOD:Asymptomatic infants with a facial PWB who performed a first MRI scan before 3 months and a second MRI scan afte...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bar C,Pedespan JM,Boccara O,Garcelon N,Levy R,Grévent D,Boddaert N,Nabbout R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect clinically prescribed ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) have on the temporal-spatial parameters of gait, as compared with barefoot walking in children with cerebral palsy. A retrospective chart review of data collected between 1995 and 1999 in our motion analysis laborato...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： White H,Jenkins J,Neace WP,Tylkowski C,Walker J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equinus in hemiplegic children is multifactorial. In some cases it is due to a short muscle, in others to simple foot-drop, tonic spasticity, rigidity, compensation for a short limb, fixed flexion contracture at the hip, dominantly inherited forefoot deformity, forefoot equinus secondary to chronic toe-walking, or abn...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brown JK,Rodda J,Walsh EG,Wright GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical importance of intermittent intracranial pressure (ICP) elevations during sleep in hydrocephalic children is unclear. Eight studies of continuous ICP monitoring with simultaneous cerebral blood-flow velocity (CBFV) measurements were recorded during sleep in seven hydrocephalic children aged between one and...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Goh D,Minns RA,Pye SD,Steers AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：:This literature review addressed four questions. (1) In which populations other than cerebral palsy (CP) has the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) been applied? (2) In what types of study, and why was it used? (3) How was it modified to facilitate these applications? (4) What justifications and eviden...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Towns M,Rosenbaum P,Palisano R,Wright FV

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Language lateralization with functional transcranial Doppler sonography (fTCD) and lexical word generation has been shown to have high concordance with the Wada test and functional magnetic resonance imaging in adults. We evaluated a nonlexical paradigm to determine language dominance in children. METHOD:In 23 rig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Haag A,Moeller N,Knake S,Hermsen A,Oertel WH,Rosenow F,Hamer HM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00