Nocturnal enuresis and minor neurological dysfunction at 12 years: a follow-up study.

abstract：AIM:To assess a total population of school-age children with cerebral palsy (CP) for autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with a view to determining their prevalence and to relate findings to motor function, intellectual disability, and other associated impairments. METHOD:Of 264 children, born b...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Påhlman M,Gillberg C,Himmelmann K

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify the prevalence of knee contracture and its association with gross motor function, age, sex, spasticity, and muscle length in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Cross-sectional data for passive knee extension were analysed in 3 045 children with CP (1 756 males, 1 289 females; mean age 8y 1mo [SD...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cloodt E,Rosenblad A,Rodby-Bousquet E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extra-articular subtalar arthrodesis with cancellous bone graft and internal fixation was performed on 20 feet of 12 children with myelomeningocele, whose average age at operation was 7.4 years. Indication for surgery was progressive hindfoot valgus deformity causing difficulty in fitting orthoses. At average follow-u...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Aronson DD,Middleton DL

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:Impaired airway clearance leads to recurrent chest infections and respiratory deterioration in neuromuscular weakness. It is frequently the cause of death. Cough is the major mechanism of airway clearance. Cough has several components, and assessment tools are available to measure the different components of cough. Th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gauld LM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers whether pathological influences affect hand-preference among children with epilepsy or mental retardation, for whom there is no evidence of gross motor defect. Data on two tasks of manual skill were analysed for a group of over 12,000 children. The predicted association between poor skill with the...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bishop DV

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal selective voluntary motor control (SVMC) can be defined as the ability to perform isolated joint movement without using mass flexor/extensor patterns or undesired movement at other joints, such as mirroring. SVMC is an important determinant of function, yet a valid, reliable assessment tool is lacking. The Sele...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fowler EG,Staudt LA,Greenberg MB,Oppenheim WL

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:In the development of a new diagnostic motor performance test to spare more children from painful muscle biopsy, seven functional items were used to measure muscle strength and muscle endurance in a prospective study on new patients. Over a 2-year period, 22 patients (12 males, 10 females; mean age 8y 1mo [SD 2y 6mo],...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van den Beld WA,van der Sanden GA,Feuth T,Janssen AJ,Sengers RC,Verbeek AL,Gabreëls FJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors used the Teller acuity cards to assess the visual acuity of 51 infants and children with Down syndrome aged between two months and 18 years. The success rate and test times were comparable to those reported for normally developing children. Even those subjects in the study who were free of ocular disorders...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Courage ML,Adams RJ,Reyno S,Kwa PG

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：AIM:The aim of this study was to review systematically evidence about the efficacy of motor interventions for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and to quantify treatment effects using meta-analysis. METHOD:Included were all studies published between 1995 and 2011 that described a systematic revi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Smits-Engelsman BC,Blank R,van der Kaay AC,Mosterd-van der Meijs R,Vlugt-van den Brand E,Polatajko HJ,Wilson PH

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:The incidence of anencephalus in the largely rural areas of Oxfordshire and west Berkshire from 1965 to 1972 was ascertained from the files of the Oxford Record Linkage Study as 1-49 per 1000 total births. There was little variation within the area, but there was a marked increase in incidence over the eight years of ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fedrick J

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：:A prospective 14-year outcome study of two children meeting DSM-IV criteria for childhood disintegrative disorder is presented. Their ages at first evaluation were 4 years 7 months and 6 years 3 months. Both are now adults and continue to have a severe pervasive developmental disorder, mental retardation, seizure diso...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Burd L,Ivey M,Barth A,Kerbeshian J

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate construct and predictive validity of the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) for use with preschool children with a range of speech and language disorders. METHOD:Seventy-seven preschool children with speech and language disorders (50 males, 27 females; mean 2y 7mo, standard deviation [...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hidecker MJ,Cunningham BJ,Thomas-Stonell N,Oddson B,Rosenbaum P

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：: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：:The main aim of the study was to explore the ability of a brief developmental assessment to predict teacher-rated learning and attentional and behavioural skills in the first grade of school at both the group and individual levels. A sample of 394 children (181 males, 213 females) aged 4 years were followed to the age...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Valtonen R,Ahonen T,Tolvanen A,Lyytinen P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental dysphasia, a severe childhood learning disorder, is thought to result from problems in hemispheric specialization involving both left and right cerebral hemispheres. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured at rest and during stimulation of both hemispheres independently: dichotic listening for t...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Chiron C,Pinton F,Masure MC,Duvelleroy-Hommet C,Leon F,Billard C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined five young children with monocular vision loss who developed monocular nystagmus. The nystagmus was of fast frequency and small amplitude in all fields of gaze. In four children, successful treatment of the cause of the vision loss resulted in cessation of the nystagmus. No child showed signs of s...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Good WV,Koch TS,Jan JE

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Parents and paediatric neurologists need information on the long-term social prognosis of children with cerebral palsy (CP). No large population-based study has been performed on this topic. On 31 December 1999, to find predictors in childhood of subsequent education and employment, 819 participants with CP born betwe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Michelsen SI,Uldall P,Kejs AM,Madsen M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) are a very sensitive measure of the functional integrity of the neuroaxis, including peripheral and central structures. When used in diagnostic mode they can provide additional information regarding the probable areas of dysfunction. SSEPs were recorded from 44 children (64 feet...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nadeem RD,Brown JK,Lawson G,Macnicol MF

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：AIM:To review current studies on the effectiveness of neurofeedback as a method of treatment of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). METHOD:Studies were selected based on searches in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE, ERIC, and CINAHL using combinations of the following keywords: 'Neurofeedback' OR 'EEG Bi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Holtmann M,Steiner S,Hohmann S,Poustka L,Banaschewski T,Bölte S

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central ventilatory dysfunction (CVD) is a significant complication of myelodysplasia with Arnold-Chiari type II defect. The records of 616 patients with myelodysplasia were reviewed and CVD was documented in 35 cases (5.7 per cent): it was the single most common cause of death in this population. There was no signifi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hays RM,Jordan RA,McLaughlin JF,Nickel RE,Fisher LD

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review considers carbohydrate metabolism in the developing brain, in particular the proportion of glucose metabolized via the pentose phosphate pathway. Although small in amount, this fraction serves a vital rôle in some aspects of brain function. Evidence is presented that the pentose phosphate pathway subserves...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Baquer NZ,Hothersall JS,McLean P,Greenbaum AL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old boy with dyskinetic cerebral palsy secondary to neonatal encephalopathy is described. He presented with blurring of near vision which had begun to impact on his school work. Objective assessment of accommodation showed that very little was present, although convergence was almost normal. The near-vision s...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ross LM,Heron G,Mackie R,McWilliam R,Dutton GN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00