Assessing the impact of a child with spina bifida on the family.

abstract：:Occasionally children undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermia and cardiac arrest develop a postoperative syndrome of acute chorea. The authors report the neuropathological findings in two such children surgically treated for congenital heart disease. Examination of the brain showe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kupsky WJ,Drozd MA,Barlow CF

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a behaviourally defined syndrome characterized by disturbances of social interaction and communication and restrictions of behaviour patterns and imagination. The pathogenesis of autism is unknown but it is suspected that a number of genetic factors may be involved. Neurotrophic factors such as insulin-like ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Vanhala R,Turpeinen U,Riikonen R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether there are primary effects of prematurity on the development of explicit memory. Elicited imitation of action sequences was used to compare immediate and 15-minute delayed memory in term and preterm infants (19 months corrected age; n=48) who were at low risk: none had exp...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： de Haan M,Bauer PJ,Georgieff MK,Nelson CA

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:The results of a study of a nationally representative sample of disabled children and controls are presented. The findings suggest that although, at any one time, families containing a disabled child are not no more likely to be one-parent families, disabled children do appear to be more likely to experience a spell i...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Cooke K,Bradshaw J,Lawton D,Brewer R

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical importance of intermittent intracranial pressure (ICP) elevations during sleep in hydrocephalic children is unclear. Eight studies of continuous ICP monitoring with simultaneous cerebral blood-flow velocity (CBFV) measurements were recorded during sleep in seven hydrocephalic children aged between one and...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Goh D,Minns RA,Pye SD,Steers AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence indicates that motor deficits in cerebral palsy (CP) are related not only to problems with execution, but also to impaired motor planning. Current rehabilitation mainly focuses on alleviating compromised motor execution. Motor imagery is a promising method of training the more 'cognitive' aspects o...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steenbergen B,Crajé C,Nilsen DM,Gordon AM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On follow-up at 12 years to assess the relationship between minor neurological dysfunction (MND) and primary nocturnal enuresis (NE), the frequency of NE was found to be significantly higher in children with MND (N = 167) than in those who were neurologically normal (N = 174). There was no relationship between NE and ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Lunsing RJ,Hadders-Algra M,Touwen BC,Huisjes HJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of intramuscular alcohol in treating cerebral-palsied children has led to reduced spasticity for varying periods of time, although the periods diminish with each subsequent injection. During the period of reduced spasticity there is an opportunity for therapists and orthopaedic surgeons to determine whether co...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Carpenter EB,Seitz DG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated potential differences in motor control between children with a visual impairment (diagnosed albinism; n=11, mean age 8y 4mo [SD 7mo]; seven males, four females,) and children with normal vision (n=11, mean age 8y 4mo [SD 7mo]; six males, five females). Mean near visual acuity in the albinism gr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reimer AM,Cox RF,Boonstra NF,Smits-Engelsman BC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate short-term (1y postoperatively; E1) and long-term (at least 4y postoperatively; E2) changes in hamstring muscle-tendon length (MTL) and lengthening velocity after hamstring lengthening in children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Three-dimensional gait analysis was performed in 19 children (1...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Salami F,Brosa J,Van Drongelen S,Klotz MCM,Dreher T,Wolf SI,Thielen M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 9-month-old male with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis who developed an acute encephalopathy with focal seizures and developmental regression. Magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral striatal necrosis and raised glutarylcarnitine levels on tandem mass spectrometry of a (crisis) blood spot, and chromato...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mordekar S,Jaspan T,Sharrard M,Morton R,Whitehouse WP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of bowel and bladder control by day and at night during the first six years of life in 320 Swiss children in the Zurich longitudinal study (1955--1976) is described in detail. A scoring system was used which included intermediate stages of control. With toilet-training started in 96 per cent of the chi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Largo RH,Stutzle W

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thyroid function and health status of 101 children with Down syndrome were assessed annually for five years. One child had congenital hypothyroidism at entry to the study. During the study period, eight more developed compensated hypothyroidism. Five of 10 children with compensated hypothyroidism still had the con...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Selikowitz M

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：AIM:To identify and critically appraise standardized measures of power mobility skill used with children (18y or younger) with mobility limitations and explore the measures' application for 'exploratory', 'operational', and 'functional' learners. METHOD:Five electronic databases were searched along with hand-searching...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Field DA,Livingstone RW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two girls with concomitant Goldenhar syndrome (oculo-auriculovertebral spectrum disorder) and autistic disorder are described. One was diagnosed as having Goldenhar syndrome in the first few weeks of life and as having autistic disorder in her fifth year; the other was diagnosed as having Goldenhar syndrome when she w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Landgren M,Gillberg C,Strömland K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the sensitivity and specificity of automated movement recognition in predicting motor impairment in high-risk infants. METHOD:We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and identified additional studies from the references of relevant studies. We included studies ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Raghuram K,Orlandi S,Church P,Chau T,Uleryk E,Pechlivanoglou P,Shah V

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a total population-based cohort study of over 500 surviving children born in 1974, 1975 and 1976, who were identified as having been a low birthweight (less than 200g). The prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) diagnosed by age six years was compared for groups who had various antenatal and perinatal at...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Stanley FJ,English DR

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：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：AIM:In a prospective, longitudinal study, we investigated the influence of the severity of motor impairment on changes in body characteristics in children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:Twenty-six single children and adolescents (15 females, 11 males; mean age 10y 6mo, SD 3y 3mo) with spastic (qua...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ohata K,Tsuboyama T,Haruta T,Ichihashi N,Nakamura T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneomuscular reflexes were recorded from the first dorsal interosseous muscles of 21 children with spastic cerebral palsy. The reflex responses in children with cerebral palsy were consistent with dysfunction of the pyramidal system, but differed from those seen in adults with central nervous lesions. This provides...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Evans AL,Harrison LM,Stephens JA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors looked for differences in the energy expenditure patterns of ambulant children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Oxygen consumption was measured according to type of cerebral palsy or level of spina bifida lesion, and in healthy children. The rate of oxygen consumption (mL/kg/min) was significantly hig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Duffy CM,Hill AE,Cosgrove AP,Corry IS,Graham HK

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:to report the prevalence, clinical associations, and trends over time of oromotor dysfunction and communication impairments in children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD:multiple sources of ascertainment were used and children followed up with a standardized assessment including motor speech problems, swallowing/ch...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Parkes J,Hill N,Platt MJ,Donnelly C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen children with hydrocephalus associated with myelodysplasia were given isosorbide (8 to 12 g/kg/day) and compared with 17 children managed without it. Three of the treated and three of the untreated children did not require shunting. The mean interval between back closure and shunt placement was 33 days for th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Liptak GS,Gellerstedt ME,Klionsky N

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate cognitive development at the onset of West syndrome (WS) with regard to electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns and visual function. Twenty-five patients (14 males, 11 females) at the onset of spasms (T0) in WS and 2 months later (T1) underwent a full clinical evaluation, including ne...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Randò T,Baranello G,Ricci D,Guzzetta A,Tinelli F,Biagioni E,La Torre G,Epifanio R,Signorini S,Fazzi E,Mercuri E,Cioni G,Guzzetta F

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：AIM:We evaluated the level of evidence of speech, language, and communication interventions for infants at high-risk for, or with a diagnosis of, cerebral palsy (CP) from 0 to 2 years old. METHOD:We performed a systematic review of relevant terms. Articles were evaluated based on the level of methodological quality an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Chorna O,Hamm E,Cummings C,Fetters A,Maitre NL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty normal kindergarten and 50 first-grade children were examined three times at six-month intervals for synkineses to stress gaits and mirror movements to finger lifting, finger spreading, and timed motor maneuvers. Motor signs in the age-sensitive range showed substantial individual differences between children of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wolff PH,Gunnoe CE,Cohen C

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00