Evolution of motor, IA and cutaneous nerve-fibre conduction velocities in premature and fullterm newborns.

abstract：:This study compared the effects of oral stimulation with those of oral support on non-nutritive sucking and feeding parameters in preterm infants. Preterm infants (23 males, 20 females) born between 29 and less than 34 weeks' gestational age (GA; mean GA 31.2wks [standard error of mean{SEM} 0.39]; mean birth-weight 15...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Boiron M,Da Nobrega L,Roux S,Henrot A,Saliba E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There is a large literature reporting risk factor analyses for poor neurodevelopment in children born very preterm (VPT: ≤32wks) or very low birthweight (VLBW: ≤1250g), which to date has not been formally summarized. The aim of this paper was to identify prognostic factors for cerebral palsy (CP) and motor impairme...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Linsell L,Malouf R,Morris J,Kurinczuk JJ,Marlow N

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to traditional neurophysiological theory, consciousness requires neocortical functioning, and children born without cerebral hemispheres necessarily remain indefinitely in a developmental vegetative state. Four children between 5 and 17 years old are reported with congenital brain malformations involving tot...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shewmon DA,Holmes GL,Byrne PA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lesions composed of Pacinian corpuscles or showing Pacinian corpuscle differentiation have usually been described in relation to benign tumours of the peripheral nervous system or reactive hyperplastic processes. On the other hand, mature Pacinian corpuscles have occasionally been detected as part of intraspinal lumbo...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kojc N,Korsic M,Popovic M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one extremely preterm infants were studied to ascertain whether there is an association between sonographic abnormalities and neurological examination at term, controlling for factors such as low birthweight and chronic lung-disease. Their mean birthweight was 956g and mean gestational age was 27.9 weeks. Sonogr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bozynski MA,DiPietro MA,Meisels SJ,Plunkett JW,Burpee B,Claflin CJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropometric data were collected on groups of seven-year-old Dunedin (New Zealand) boys, identified as hyperactive-only, aggressive-hyperactive, aggressive-only and non-aggressive/non-hyperactive. Measures taken included stature, weight, skeletal maturity, mid-upper arm circumference, triceps and subscapular fatfold...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： McGee R,Birkbeck J,Silva PA

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the contribution of somatosensory evoked potentials after median nerve (MN-SEPs) and posterior tibial nerve (PTN-SEPs) stimulation in functional assessment of cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis in children with achondroplasia. METHOD:We reviewed MN-SEPs, PTN-SEPs, and spinal magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Fornarino S,Rossi DP,Severino M,Pistorio A,Allegri AE,Martelli S,Doria Lamba L,Lanteri P

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：AIM:To investigate postural adjustments during reaching in infants at high risk for cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Observational cohort study in which 25 infants at high risk (11 males, 14 females) and 11 infants with typical development (six males, five females) were assessed at 4, 6, and 18 months corrected age. Reachi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Van Balen LC,Dijkstra LJ,Bos AF,Van Den Heuvel ER,Hadders-Algra M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early epilepsy is known to worsen the developmental prognosis of young children with a congenital focal brain lesion, but its direct role is often very difficult to delineate from the other variables. This requires prolonged periods of follow-up with simultaneous serial electrophysiological and developmental assessmen...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mayor-Dubois C,Maeder-Ingvar M,Deonna T,Roulet-Perez E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy has a significant impact on a child's life, the extent to which is based on four factors: epilepsy, cognition, behavioral, and physical/neurologic function. This study evaluates the ability of the 44-item Impact of Childhood Neurologic Disability Scale (ICND) to assess each of these four realms. Parents of ch...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Camfield C,Breau L,Camfield P

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：AIM:This study sought to: (1) determine what is known about age at referral for diagnosis and rehabilitation services for children suspected of having cerebral palsy (CP); and (2) identify factors associated with earlier referral. METHOD:A scoping review was conducted to summarize existing literature. We systematicall...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Boychuck Z,Bussières A,Goldschleger J,Majnemer A,Prompt Group.

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic tripod grip during handwriting was examined among seven- to 14-year-old children. Four components were measured: (a) degree of index-finger flexion; (b) degree of forearm pronation/supination; (c) number of fingers used on the pencil shaft; and (d) thumb and forefinger opposition. Developmental trends were...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ziviani J

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sleep states of nine premature infants were observed and concomitant respiration recordings were obtained at 37 and 41 weeks conceptional age. 19 fullterm infants were also studied at 41 weeks conceptional age. Between 37 and 41 weeks significant decreases occurred in the premature infants' percentage of periodic ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Booth CL,Morin VN,Waite SP,Thoman EB

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) have anticipatory control of fingertip forces during lifts of familiar objects, and what type of practice (blocked or random) best enhances the retention of anticipatory control during lifts of novel objects. Eighteen children with hemiplegic CP ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Duff SV,Gordon AM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations were made of people with physical impairments, disabilities and handicaps during a two-month journey in remote, mountainous areas of Nepal where traditional forms of village life have been maintained. Descriptions are given of the types and frequency of visible physical impairments and their distribution ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Richardson SA

更新日期：1983-12-01 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:To establish whether deficits in social cognition are present in children with generalized or focal epilepsy in mainstream education, and whether any relation exists between social cognition, communication, and behaviour measures. METHOD:In a cross-sectional study, children with an epilepsy-only diagnoses in mains...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lew AR,Lewis C,Lunn J,Tomlin P,Basu H,Roach J,Rakshi K,Martland T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe behavioural and psychiatric outcomes of children within 10 years of convulsive status epilepticus (CSE). METHOD:Children originally identified by the population-based North London Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Childhood Surveillance Study were followed-up between July 2009 and February 2013. They we...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martinos MM,Pujar S,Gillberg C,Cortina-Borja M,Neville BGR,De Haan M,Scott RC,Chin RFM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modified Gubbay tests, assessing various aspects of motor performance, were administered to 885 Manchester children in mainstream primary education, and centile tables were drawn up by age. Children who had performed badly on one of the four tests were retested two years later, when they were found to have 'caught up'...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ehrhardt P,McKinlay IA,Bradley G

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bethanechol is a direct agonist of the acetylcholine receptor that was recently introduced in the therapy of gastro-oesophageal reflux. Acute dystonic reactions to bethanechol were observed in a 10-month-old infant who also demonstrated similar dystonic reactions to dopamine receptor blocking agents of two different c...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Shafrir Y,Levy Y,Beharab A,Nitzam M,Steinherz R

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This systematic review and meta-analysis presents an overview of the efficacy of suit therapy on functioning in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted. A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed articles was performed on electronic databases, fro...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Martins E,Cordovil R,Oliveira R,Letras S,Lourenço S,Pereira I,Ferro A,Lopes I,Silva CR,Marques M

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:Individuals with Down syndrome (DS), a disorder of known genetic etiology (trisomy of chromosome 21), exhibit several types of structural brain abnormalities that are detectable pathologically and by MRI. In addition, in middle age, individuals with DS develop histological and, in some cases, clinical features of Alzh...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Pearlson GD,Breiter SN,Aylward EH,Warren AC,Grygorcewicz M,Frangou S,Barta PE,Pulsifer MB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to review the psychometric properties and use of goal attainment scaling (GAS) in paediatric rehabilitation research. We performed a critical literature review searching: (1) all studies whose main focus was to assess the psychometric properties of GAS in paediatric rehabilitation; and (2) all...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steenbeek D,Ketelaar M,Galama K,Gorter JW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a poorly understood disorder with no cure. We determined the landscape of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for CP-related research. METHOD:We searched NIH databases Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results, and Research, Condition, and Disease Categorizat...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wu YW,Mehravari AS,Numis AL,Gross P

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:A care-load study was performed on a homogeneous group of 51 children, adolescents and young adults with spastic tetraplegia, born in Sweden between 1959 and 1978. All were immobile and severely mentally retarded, none could speak and the majority had epilepsy, scoliosis and contractures. 16 were living with their fam...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Edebol-Tysk K

更新日期：1989-12-01 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