Effect of age and sex on maturation of sensory systems and balance control.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the cumulative efficacy (three treatment sessions) of botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) alone, casting alone, and the combination of BTX-A and casting in the management of dynamic equinus in ambulatory children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Thirty-nine children with spastic CP (mea...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ackman JD,Russman BS,Thomas SS,Buckon CE,Sussman MD,Masso P,Sanders J,D'Astous J,Aiona MD,Shriners Hospitals BTX-A Study Group.

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:The pattern of growth of 235 very low-birthweight children, whose weights were appropriate for gestational age, was characterised by a significant decline in weight, length and head circumference from birth to discharge from hospital, followed by partial recovery in all three measures of growth by two years corrected ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Astbury J,Orgill AA,Bajuk B,Yu VY

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the spectrum and relationships between gait patterns and motor function in a population-based cross study of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Children identified with unilateral CP born in Victoria, Australia, from 1990 to 1992 were eligible to participate. Characteristics were r...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dobson F,Morris ME,Baker R,Graham HK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that children with suboptimal fetal growth have significantly poorer mental health outcomes than those with optimal growth, a population random sample survey of children aged 4 to 16 years in Western Australia in 1993 was conducted. The Child Behavior Checklist (Achenbach 1991a) and the Teacher ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Zubrick SR,Kurinczuk JJ,McDermott BM,McKelvey RS,Silburn SR,Davies LC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The developing brain in utero and during the first years of life is highly vulnerable to environmental influences. Experiences occurring during this period permanently modify brain structure and function through epigenetic modifications (alterations of the DNA structure and chromatin function) and consequently affect ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Miguel PM,Pereira LO,Silveira PP,Meaney MJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Childhood brain development begins before birth, and obstetric management, tests, and technologies designed to diagnose and treat fetal conditions can have an impact on development. Preconception counseling for maternal diabetes and hypertension affect the risk of fetal congenital anomalies and growth restriction. Pat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Novak CM,Graham EM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the efficacy and safety of prednisolone/prednisone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the treatment of infantile spasms using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHOD:In a systematic literature search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, the Cochrane Library), we identi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Li S,Zhong X,Hong S,Li T,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children are described who developed hypertension in relation to acute neurological disease. Possible pathophysiological mechanisms for the hypertension are considered. It is thought that the hypertension may have been related to interruption of the ascending tracts in the brain stem, leading to failure of integr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Eden OB,Sills JA,Brown JK

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two sisters with extensive bilateral periventricular haemorrhagic infarction (PVHI) causing cerebral palsy (CP). The older sister presented at 20 months with cortical visual blindness, spastic diplegia, and purpura fulminans. The younger sister presented aged 3 days old with apnoeas and multifocal seizures. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fong CY,Mumford AD,Likeman MJ,Jardine PE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three healthy children aged between six and 12 years were tested to determine the intra-rater reliability of four clinical cutaneous and proprioceptive sensory assessment tools: touch pressure, vibration perception, thermal discrimination and kinaesthesis. The tests were carried out bilaterally on proximal and d...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Thibault A,Forget R,Lambert J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the rate of fracture before and after a 1-year course of intravenous pamidronate in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (CP) who had previously experienced fractures. METHOD:Twenty-five children (nine males, 16 females) with quadriplegic CP in Gross Motor Function ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bachrach SJ,Kecskemethy HH,Harcke HT,Hossain J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of motor severity levels and temporal trends in an Australian population cohort and to review the distribution of Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels across cerebral palsy (CP) registries worldwide. METHODS:Data were extracted from the Vi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reid SM,Carlin JB,Reddihough DS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the neurobehavioral status of 118 low-birthweight infants tested at 40 weeks conceptional age with that of 76 normal fullterm infants. A neonatal neurobehavioral examination comprising 21 test and four summary items was used. The most striking differences between the groups were found in visual and...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kurtzberg D,Vaughan HG Jr,Daum C,Grellong BA,Albin S,Rotkin L

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood and saliva were collected from 48 children, aged three to 17 years, before a morning dose of carbamazepine and then at three, six and eight hours afterward. There was no significant difference in the ratio of 10-11 epoxy-carbamazepine to total carbamazepine for children on carbamazepine alone (0.18) and those on...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tomlin PI,McKinlay I,Smith I

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associated movements in the contralateral limbs were measured quantitatively for 42 seven- to eight-year-old children who wrote with the right hand. Associated movements of the contralateral homologous muscles systematically increased as a function of the intensity of contraction of the active hand. The associated mov...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Todor JI,Lazarus JA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dravet syndrome, a severe infantile epilepsy syndrome, is typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs (AED). Lamotrigine (LTG), an AED that is effective for both focal and generalized seizures, has been reported to aggravate seizures in Dravet syndrome. Therefore, LTG is usually avoided in Dravet syndrome. We describe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalic L,Mullen SA,Roulet Perez E,Scheffer I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To ensure hip surveillance guidelines reflect current evidence of factors influencing hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:A three-step review process was undertaken: (1) systematic literature review, (2) analysis of hip surveillance databases, and (3) national survey of orthopaedic surgeo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wynter M,Gibson N,Willoughby KL,Love S,Kentish M,Thomason P,Graham HK,National Hip Surveillance Working Group.

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed 237 schoolchildren in a lead-polluted industrial area in northern Italy to assess the relationship between various biological indicators (lead in blood, hair and teeth, and delta-aminolevulinic dehydratase [ALA-D] activity) and some neuropsychological functions, assessed by a battery of five psycho...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bergomi M,Borella P,Fantuzzi G,Vivoli G,Sturloni N,Cavazzuti G,Tampieri A,Tartoni PL

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based group of 27 children with total blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), born in Sweden from 1980 to 1990, was examined. They constituted all but two of the total of 29 children with total blindness due to ROP known to the national register of visually impaired children when reviewed from ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jacobson L,Fernell E,Broberger U,Ek U,Gillberg C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIM This prospective multicenter study assessed performance and changes over time, with and without surgical intervention, in the modified Timed Up and Go (mTUG) and One-Minute Walk tests (1MWT) in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Minimum clinically important differences (MCIDs) were established for these ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hassani S,Krzak JJ,Johnson B,Flanagan A,Gorton G 3rd,Bagley A,Ounpuu S,Romness M,Tylkowski C,Oeffinger D

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This randomized double blind AB/BA cross-over trial evaluates the effect of oral modafinil versus placebo on spasticity, function, and quality of life in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Outcomes were measured at the start and end of both 8-week treatment periods (modafinil and placebo). The order of the treatment p...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Murphy AM,Milo-Manson G,Best A,Campbell KA,Fehlings D

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Total ophthalmoplegia is described in an eight-year-old boy with polyradiculitis. The findings suggest central nervous system involvement. It is postulated that this case represents an entity intermediate between the Miller-Fisher and the Landry-Guillain-Barré syndromes, with features of brain-stem encephalitis. ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Green SH

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify and map studies that have assessed the effect of interventions on lower-limb macroscopic muscle-tendon morphology in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:We conducted a literature search of studies that included pre- and post-treatment measurements of lower-limb macroscopic muscle-tendon m...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Walhain F,Desloovere K,Declerck M,Van Campenhout A,Bar-On L

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty children who had recovered from purulent meningitis one to six years earlier were investigated for long-term impairment of brain and auditory function, using brainstem auditory evoked potentials(BAEP) and developmental screening tests. Neurological and/or audiological BAEP abnormalities were found in 23 per cent...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jiang ZD,Liu XY,Wu YY,Zheng MS,Liu HC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia is a rare, neurodegenerative, and multisystem disease, characterized by cerebellar ataxia, oculocutaneous telangiectasia, immunodeficiency, progressive respiratory failure, and an increased risk of malignancies. It demands specialized care tailored to the individual patient's needs. Besides the c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van Os NJH,Haaxma CA,van der Flier M,Merkus PJFM,van Deuren M,de Groot IJM,Loeffen J,van de Warrenburg BPC,Willemsen MAAP,A-T Study Group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old male was referred with difficulties at school. He had particular difficulty with reading long words, following the sequence of text down a page, writing words in the correct order, writing words in line, and copying from the blackboard. He had a history of infective endocarditis complicated by intracereb...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillen JA,Dutton GN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00