The Quality Function Measure: reliability and discriminant validity of a new measure of quality of gross motor movement in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy.

abstract：AIM:To determine the association between gross motor function and nutritional status in children with cerebral palsy (CP) residing in an urban area in a developing country. METHOD:We conducted a cross-sectional study in 177 children (ages 2-12y, 59.3% male) with a diagnosis of CP who were attending rehabilitation cent...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Herrera-Anaya E,Angarita-Fonseca A,Herrera-Galindo VM,Martínez-Marín RD,Rodríguez-Bayona CN

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal predictors of microcephaly, defined as a head circumference <5th centile in children born preterm, has not been systematically assessed. Children were drawn from the Developmental Epidemiology Network (DEN) cohort of very low-birthweight children (VLBW: 500-1500g) born from 1991 to 1993 at three sites in ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Chiriboga CA,Kuban KC,Durkin M,Hinton V,Kuhn L,Sanocka U,Bellinger D

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of two EEG studies on adult patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) who had been treated early. Part I: the authors followed the EEGs of 34 PKU patients from birth to age 21. The frequency of abnormal EEG findings (especially epileptiform activity) steadily increased until age 12, then decre...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Pietz J,Schmidt E,Matthis P,Kobialka B,Kutscha A,de Sonneville L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compliance and maturation of visual acuity of 1245 2 1/2- to nine-year-olds was investigated. Testing was undertaken as part of routine surveillance. Ability to letter match, to achieve a binocular measure and to achieve monocular measures for children under three years was 89, 78 and 37 per cent, for children age...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salt AT,Sonksen PM,Wade A,Jayatunga R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasting socio-emotional behaviour difficulties are common among children who have suffered brain injuries. A proportion of difficulties may be attributed to impaired cognitive and/or executive skills after injury. A recent and rapidly accruing body of literature indicates that deficits in recognizing and responding to...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tonks J,Slater A,Frampton I,Wall SE,Yates P,Williams WH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a modified version of constraint-induced (CI) movement therapy on bimanual hand-use in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP; age range 18 mo to 4 y) and to make a comparison with conventional paediatric treatment. Twenty-one children (13 females, eight males)...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Eliasson AC,Krumlinde-sundholm L,Shaw K,Wang C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita in an eight-year-old girl was recounted by Thomas of Monmouth in a mid twelfth-century English hagiographic narrative, The Life and Miracles of St William of Norwich. The child had deformities of both hands and both feet at birth, and she developed torticollis and probably ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gordon EC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively which neuromotor behaviors in a sample of four-month-old low-birthweight infants were most predictive of later cerebral palsy. The infants were evaluated at four months corrected age on the Movement Assessment of Infants (MAI) and were followed to between three ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Harris SR

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:The authors report an association between developmental language disorder and acquired aphasia in a 13-year-old right-handed boy. Acquired aphasia was caused by a right-frontal abscess (crossed aphasia). It was non-fluent, with a disorder of auditory comprehension, an unusual feature of prerolandic lesions. This case ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martins IP,Antunes NL,Castro-Caldas A,Antunes JL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the standardized neurodevelopmental outcomes after the first year of life in children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) and those exposed to Zika virus (ZIKV) during fetal life, but without microcephaly at birth. METHOD:This scoping review included observational studies about the standardized neurode...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Carvalho A,Sales HF,Ventura P,Gnoatto-Medeiros M,Brites C,Lucena R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the role of disability and victimization in young people's participation in developmentally salient activities by analyzing a nationally representative group of young people from the child welfare system (CWS). METHOD:Data were obtained from interviews with young people and thei...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Berg KL,Shiu CS,Msall ME,Acharya K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the hypothesis that non-ambulatory patients with spastic quadriplegia will have reduced bone mass which worsens with increasing age. Forty-eight patients (age 5 to 48 years, median age 15 years; 19 females and 29 males) were studied. Anticonvulsants were used in 29 patients (60.4%). Lum...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： King W,Levin R,Schmidt R,Oestreich A,Heubi JE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic and thromboembolic complications are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with homocystinuria. However, it is unusual for thrombosis and infarction to be the presenting feature leading to investigation for homocystinuria and cerebrovascular lesions in the first year of life. We describe a ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cardo E,Campistol J,Caritg J,Ruiz S,Vilaseca MA,Kirkham F,Blom HJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minor neurological dysfunctions (MND) have frequently been reported as an outcome of preterm birth. Behavioural and learning difficulties are a known feature, but coordination problems are especially described in preterm infants at later ages. All preterm infants in our study were born with a gestational age of <32 we...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： de Vries AM,de Groot L

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Postural sway and gait of 35 children with convergent strabismus were tested and compared with those of a control group. They were found to have a short stride-length and single-limb support time in walking, particularly at slow speeds. The girls had a large postural sway, but not the boys. The results suggest a commo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Odenrick P,Sandstedt P,Lennerstrand G

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the impact of dynamic motor control on treatment outcomes in children with cerebral palsy. METHOD:We used multiple regression on a retrospective cohort of 473 ambulatory children with cerebral palsy who underwent conservative treatment, single-level orthopaedic surgery, single-event multi-level orthopa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Schwartz MH,Rozumalski A,Steele KM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examined family stress and sibling reactions in families of children with 5p- (cri du chat) syndrome aged 1 to 18 years who were living at home. In Study 1, 99 parents reported on themselves and their child with 5p-, as well as on family demographics, social supports, and stress. The best predictor of fa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hodapp RM,Wijma CA,Masino LL

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Advances in perinatal care and neuroimaging techniques have increased the detection of cerebellar malformations (CBMs) in the fetus and young infant. As a result, this has necessitated a greater understanding of the neurodevelopmental consequences of CBMs on child development. The aim of this study was to delineate...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bolduc ME,Du Plessis AJ,Sullivan N,Khwaja OS,Zhang X,Barnes K,Robertson RL,Limperopoulos C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe trends in walking and living independently in a cohort of consecutive cases of spina bifida, followed-up over 50 years. METHOD:From 1972 to 2017, a cohort of 117 (born 1963-1971, 50 males, 67 females) survivors and/or carers was surveyed approximately every 5 years by clinical examination and/or postal...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oakeshott P,Poulton A,Hunt GM,Reid F

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：: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 studied whether children with severe developmental disabilities (SDDs) who have a comorbid behavioral disorder also have higher rates of special healthcare needs (SHCNs). We used a matched-comparison control group design to establish whether SHCNs were higher in children with SDDs with behavioral disorders versus c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kennedy CH,Juárez AP,Becker A,Greenslade K,Harvey MT,Sullivan C,Tally B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case series aimed to characterize the clinical features, management, and outcomes of apnea in infants with trisomy 18. Participants in this study were infants with trisomy 18 who were born alive and admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Kyushu University Hospital from 2000 to 2018. Retrospective analysi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Taira R,Inoue H,Sawano T,Fujiyoshi J,Ichimiya Y,Torio M,Sanefuji M,Ochiai M,Sakai Y,Ohga S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurodevelopmental status of 171 very preterm infants whose brains had been scanned prospectively with ultrasound was assessed blind at four years using a wide range of tests, including tests of cognitive function. Highly significant correlations were found between the ultrasound appearance of the brain and outcom...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Costello AM,Hamilton PA,Baudin J,Townsend J,Bradford BC,Stewart AL,Reynolds EO

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To review the evidence for behavioural interventions to reduce drooling in children with neurodisability. METHOD:A detailed search in eight databases sought studies that: (1) included participants aged 0 to 18 years with neurodisability and drooling; (2) provided behavioural interventions targeting drooling or a d...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McInerney MS,Reddihough DS,Carding PN,Swanton R,Walton CM,Imms C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate presence and severity of social impairments in alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) and determine factors that are associated with social impairments. METHOD:This was a retrospective analysis of 34 consecutive patients with AHC (19 females, 15 males; mean age: 9y 7mo, SD 8y 2mo, range 2y 7mo-40y),...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Uchitel J,Abdelnour E,Boggs A,Prange L,Pratt M,Bonner M,Jasien J,Dawson G,Abrahamsen T,Mikati MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine dimensionality and item-level properties of the Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ) 22-item skill set using factor and Rasch analyses. METHOD:A retrospective review of parent-reported FAQ 22-item skill set data was conducted of 485 individuals (273 males, 212 females; mean age 9 y 10 mo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gorton GE 3rd,Stout JL,Bagley AM,Bevans K,Novacheck TF,Tucker CA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The prevalence of severely symptomatic deformities of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) requiring arthrodesis is unknown. Recent literature regarding these deformities is limited. We studied the presentation of severe, symptomatic deformities of the first ray in a lar...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： van de Velde SK,Cashin M,Johari R,Blackshaw R,Khot A,Graham HK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00