Assistive devices for children with functional impairments: impact on child and caregiver function.

abstract：:MRI scans of the brain and spinal cord, together with neurological and urological assessments, were carried out on 20 young people (aged between eight and 22 years) who had had surgical treatment of spina bifida in early life and in whom there had been no deterioration of spinal cord function. 19 were imaged successfu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McEnery G,Borzyskowski M,Cox TC,Neville BG

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:A 12-week-old girl presented with cutaneous haemangiomata and hemihypertrophy of the chest and right upper extremity--stigmata of the Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. Screening cranial CT-scan followed by cerebral angiogram revealed what is believed to be the first reported occurrence of a cerebral arteriovenous fist...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oyesiku NM,Gahm NH,Goldman RL

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, treatment for children with cerebral palsy predominantly aims at improving the children's possibilities to perform everyday activities in their natural environment. The activities in focus for intervention are often expressed as specific goals, frequently defined in a collaborative goal-setting process between ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Brogren Carlberg E,Löwing K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore associations between clinical variables and decline in motor capacity in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Participants included 76 males and 59 females, whose mean age at the beginning of the study was 14 years 6 months (SD 2.4, range 11.6-17.9); 51 at Gross Motor Function Classification Sys...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bartlett DJ,Hanna SE,Avery L,Stevenson RD,Galuppi B

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effectiveness of soft splints made from polyurethane foam in reducing severe knee-flexion contractures of patients with cerebral palsy. The splints were applied nightly over a period of 10 months. Knee-flexion contractures were reduced by an average of 24 degrees in all patients. Younger patie...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson JP,Snow B,Dorey FJ,Kabo JM

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:A three-year cohort of extremely low-birthweight (ELBW, less than 1000g) survivors born between 1st January 1979 and 31st December 1981 were followed prospectively at one, two and five years of age, corrected for preterm birth. 57 of 110 infants survived, and 53 children were still alive at five years. The diagnoses o...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

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

更新日期：1990-07-01 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

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:Dodd's Model for Differential Diagnosis is one of the available clinical diagnostic classification systems of childhood speech sound disorders. Yet we do not understand the validity of this system beyond clinical samples, precluding its application in epidemiological or population-based research. This study aimed t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ttofari Eecen K,Eadie P,Morgan AT,Reilly S

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：: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：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：: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：:Individual rhythms of suck, swallow, and respiration are disrupted in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Integration of respiration into suck-swallow efforts is critical for establishing coordinated suckle feeding. This study quantitatively assessed the coordination of respiration and swallow in in...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gewolb IH,Vice FL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess various aspects of visual function in children with single-suture, non-syndromic craniosynostosis. Thirty-eight infants (28 males, 10 females; age range 3.5-13mo, mean age 7mo, 11 with plagiocephaly, 12 with trigonocephaly, and 15 with scaphocephaly), were assessed with a battery of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ricci D,Vasco G,Baranello G,Salerni A,Amante R,Tamburrini G,Dickmann A,Di Rocco C,Velardi F,Mercuri E

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：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 the effect of low birthweight on school achievement and the mediating roles of cognitive and behavioural factors. The sample (115 females, 100 males) was selected from a longitudinal study of first-born singleton children, born between 1986 and 1988 of German-speaking parents, recruited from eight ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Weindrich D,Jennen-Steinmetz C,Laucht M,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assumption that children born preterm have difficulties in maintaining active attention was tested in passive and active tasks. Twenty 5-year-old children born preterm at 26 to 32 weeks gestational age were compared with 20 children born at term, matched for age and IQ, using an auditory paradigm. In the passive t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dupin R,Laurent JP,Stauder JE,Saliba E

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of 850,000, the authors studied afebrile seizures that follow febrile seizures. Review of all paediatric EEGs identified 504 children with epilepsy beginning between 1977 and 1985. Follow-up averaged 85 months. 14.9 per cent had preceding febrile seizures: 13 per cent complex partial, 13 per cent parti...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Camfield P,Camfield C,Gordon K,Dooley J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 2002 randomly selected pregnant women recruited prospectively over a three-year period for an extensive questionnaire survey, a stratified subsample of 665 mothers was selected for mother-infant follow-up on the basis of pre-pregnancy alcohol intake. Infant outcome was assessed by detailed clinical examination and ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Walpole I,Zubrick S,Pontré J,Lawrence C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess how co-occurring conditions influence recovery after hip reconstruction surgery in children with neurological complex chronic conditions (CCCs). METHOD:This was a retrospective analysis of 4058 children age 4 years or older with neurological CCCs who underwent hip reconstructive surgery between 1st Janua...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Berry JG,Difazio RL,Melvin P,Glader L,Casto E,Shore BJ

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the prospective follow-up of a 2-year-old child with narcolepsy. The initial clinical diagnosis was confirmed by the onset of cataplexy when the child was 5 years old. He does not have the HLA genotype characteristic of narcolepsy or an identifiable brain lesion, although he has megalencephaly an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Winter E,Prendergast M,Green A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to report our institution's experience with gabapentin therapy to manage agitation and pain in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting. This was a retrospective, single-center study of NICU patients admitted between January 2015 and December 2017, who received gabapentin. Data on neonatal agitation, p...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Burnsed JC,Heinan K,Letzkus L,Zanelli S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy can be very effective in the treatment of intractable spasticity, but its effectiveness and safety have not yet been thoroughly studied in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The aims of this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study were to select children elig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hoving MA,van Raak EP,Spincemaille GH,Palmans LJ,Sleypen FA,Vles JS,Dutch Study Group on Child Spasticity.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the prevalence of long-term mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) and concomitant mechanical ventilation in children with neurological conditions, with reported reasons behind the initiation of treatment. METHOD:This was a population-based, cross-sectional study using Norwegian national registri...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hov B,Andersen T,Toussaint M,Vollsaeter M,Mikalsen IB,Indrekvam S,Hovland V

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the long-term outcomes of children by the time they reached school age with vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM). METHOD:This was a retrospective observational study on a consecutive cohort of patients with VGAM. We included patients with at least one Francophone parent, aged between 6 and 11 y...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Taffin H,Maurey H,Ozanne A,Durand P,Husson B,Knebel JF,Adamsbaum C,Deiva K,Saliou G

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the architecture of the medial gastrocnemius in nine children (five males, four females; age range 6 to 15 years; mean 10 years 10 months, SD 3 years 6 months) with spastic diplegia by ultrasound imaging before and after a gastrocnemius recession. The children were ambulant (seven independent, one with a p...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shortland AP,Fry NR,Eve LC,Gough M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00