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

abstract：:Four boys with the combination of infantile autism and the fragile-X syndrome were given oral folic acid and placebo, according to a double-blind crossover design. One boy's behaviour appeared to improve on folic acid, but another boy did not seem to be affected at all. For the remaining two boys the results were equi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gillberg C,Wahlström J,Johansson R,Törnblom M,Albertsson-Wikland K

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 13-year-old male who had acute enteroviral encephalitis causing cerebellar symptoms at the age of 10 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no abnormalities. Clinically he appeared to be recovered completely after 6 months. Twenty-three months after the recovery, MRI was performed because he pre...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vitaszil E,Kamondi A,Csillik A,Velkey I,Szirmai I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multiple mucosal neuromata and a calcitonin-secreting medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is described. Unusual features were the neonatal presentation with large bowel obstruction and severe feeding difficulties associated with giant neuromata of the intestine; severe hypotonia; developmental delay; and the ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Moyes CD,Alexander FW

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on hand motor control in children with cerebral palsy (CP) have focused on the coordination of fingertip forces during the grasping and lifting of objects. However, little is known about the ability to replace and release an object from grasp, a function that is just as important for fine dexterity. The...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Eliasson AC,Gordon AM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between epilepsy and perinatal brain injury in a cohort of 610 infants born preterm at <33 weeks' gestation. The prevalence of epilepsy in this cohort was 4.3% as determined by a postal questionnaire survey. Most children with epilepsy (16 of 24) had high-risk c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Amess PN,Baudin J,Townsend J,Meek J,Roth SC,Neville BG,Wyatt JS,Stewart A

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Luce's choice theory provided the psychophysical basis for investigating the ability of cerebral-palsied children to detect passive movement of the elbow joint. The method included testing "yes" responses when the forearm was moved, and "false-alarm" responses of "yes" when no arm movement had occurred. The children w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jones B

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper reports the second of two studies designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Kinaesthetic Training Programme (Laszlo and Bairstow, 1985) for children with movement difficulties. Three groups of 12 children were matched on age, IQ and sex as well as degree of kinaesthetic and motor impairment. One group re...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sims K,Henderson SE,Morton J,Hulme C

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-injury is a defining feature of lesch-nyhan disease (LND) but does not occur in the less severely affected Lesch-Nyhan variants (LNV). The aim of this study was to quantify behavioral and emotional abnormalities in LND and LNV. Thirty-nine informants rated 22 patients with LND (21 males, 1 female), 11 males with ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Schretlen DJ,Ward J,Meyer SM,Yun J,Puig JG,Nyhan WL,Jinnah HA,Harris JC

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:This study surveyed the development and functioning of a group of 16 children with congenital hypothyroidism who had been followed closely since treatment was instituted at an average age of 15.6 days. This group of early-treated young children had no deficits in cognitive or adaptive functioning. Some isolated motor ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gottschalk B,Richman RA,Lewandowski L

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:There is evidence that in early embryos, mechanisms exist for the control of the movement of monovalent ions; that sodium is extruded during gastrulation and neurulation, and that in two- to three-day-old chick embryos with head abnormalities, ratios of sodium to potassium may be abnormally high. It is suggested that ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hughes A

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A follow-up study was done of extremely low-birthweight infants (less than or equal to 1000g) born between 1976 and 1979, a period when aggressive intervention was not routine practice. The survival rate was 19 per cent. 44 of the 46 survivors were followed to a mean age of 6 1/2 years. By five years of age 23 of the ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lefebvre F,Bard H,Veilleux A,Martel C

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the underlying factor structure of the 46-item Flemish cerebral visual impairment (CVI) questionnaire, differentiate the factor scores of children with and without CVI, and examine the impact of comorbidities on factor scores. METHOD:The records of 630 children (386 males, 244 females; median age 77...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ben Itzhak N,Vancleef K,Franki I,Laenen A,Wagemans J,Ortibus E

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey conducted by a UK urban general practice, 98.1 per cent (1083) of the children registered aged three to 11 years took part in an interview. Possible migraine subjects took part in an extended interview, the results of which were recorded using three different sets of diagnostic criteria: Vahlquist, Ad Hoc ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mortimer MJ,Kay J,Jaron A

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Osteoporosis is a significant clinical problem in persons with moderate to severe cerebral palsy (CP), causing fractures with minimal trauma. Over the past decade, most studies examining osteoporosis and CP have been cross-sectional in nature, focused exclusively on children and adolescents and only involving one e...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Grossberg R,Blackford MG,Kecskemethy HH,Henderson R,Reed MD

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Sensory and motor function were evaluated in 84 children and adolescents with epilepsy but not additional neuroimpairments such as mental retardation or cerebral palsy. The influence of sex, age, age at onset of epilepsy, duration, seizure type and frequency and medication was analysed. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Beckung E,Uvebrant P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this review was to determine the effectiveness of hand splinting for improving hand function in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and brain injury. METHOD:A systematic review with meta-analyses was conducted. Only randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials in which all participants were children ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Jackman M,Novak I,Lannin N

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To collect preliminary functional data on ataxia telangiectasia and create a disease specific scale: the Ataxia Telangiectasia Functional Scale (ATFS). METHOD:Retrospective information on patients with ataxia telangiectasia referred to the Assistive Technology Unit was included. Functional mobility scales (the Gro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shenhod E,Benzeev B,Sarouk I,Heimer G,Nissenkorn A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prematurity and hypoxic-ischaemic injury are well-recognized contributors to the pathogenesis of cerebral palsy (CP), as many as one-third of children with CP may lack traditional risk factors. For many of these children, a genetic basis to their condition is suspected. Recent findings have implicated copy nu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fahey MC,Maclennan AH,Kretzschmar D,Gecz J,Kruer MC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:gastrostomy feeding children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) improves weight gain but may cause excess deposition of body fat. This study was designed to investigate whether weight gain could be achieved without an adverse effect on body composition by using a low-energy feed in gastrostomy-fed chil...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vernon-Roberts A,Wells J,Grant H,Alder N,Vadamalayan B,Eltumi M,Sullivan PB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was made of levels of lactate and hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid of 57 term neonates, in relation to the time elapsed since delivery, neonatal examinations (Apgar score, neurological symptoms and EEG findings) and psychomotor outcome at one year of age. Serum det...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalens B,Viallard JL,Raynaud EJ,Dastuge B

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent to which children with either specific language impairment (SLI) or developmental coordination disorder (DCD) could be considered dyspraxic was examined using three tasks involving either familiar, or unfamiliar actions. SLI is diagnosed in children who fail to develop language in the normal fashion for no ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hill EL

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:Mitofusin 2, a large transmembrane GTPase located in the outer mitochondrial membrane, promotes membrane fusion and is involved in the maintenance of the morphology of axonal mitochondria. Mutations of the gene encoding mitofusin 2 (MFN2) have recently been identified as the cause of approximately one-third of dominan...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ouvrier R,Grew S

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：AIM:To assess the prevalence and risk factors for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in epilepsy, and to better understand the relationship and comorbidity between these disorders. METHOD:PsychINFO and PubMed were searched for articles published in the past 15 years that examined the prevalence of ASD in individuals with ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Strasser L,Downes M,Kung J,Cross JH,De Haan M

更新日期：2018-01-01 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