Co-ordination screening for children with and without moderate learning difficulties: further experience with Gubbay's tests.

abstract：:Aim To determine the levels of anxiety and depression in young people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and their associated factors and outcomes. Method Children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years at interview who had sustained SCI at least 1 year before the study were assessed using the Children's Depression Inventory...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Anderson CJ,Kelly EH,Klaas SJ,Russell H,Daharsh E,Vogel LC

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of nine randomised controlled trials of prophylactic vitamin E supplementation in very low-birthweight infants (less than 1500g) showed no statistically significant reduction in the incidence of acute retinopathy of prematurity. There was a significant reduction (49 per cent) in the incidence of intraventricu...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Law MR,Wijewardene K,Wald NJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A child with Joubert syndrome (episodic hyperpnoea, abnormal eye-movements and ataxia) was followed from birth to eight years of age. Although severe mental retardation was suspected until approximately five years of age, unexpected and exceptional mental capacities were evident at later follow-up. Adequate testing an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Ziegler AL,Deonna T,Calame A

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：AIM:Our aim was to review available studies which test transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to reduce symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). METHOD:We performed a systematic scoping review in PubMed and PsychINFO databases for studies employing tDCS in children and adolescents with...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Osório AAC,Brunoni AR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A behavioural modification package incorporating stimulus control, cueing, and rapid-extinction techniques was applied to a group of 15 children with severe learning disability who had chronic sleep disorders. Improvements in their night-settling and night-waking patterns occurred quickly (within a few days) and, in 1...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bramble D

更新日期：1997-08-01 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 prospective study of the psychosocial and cultural factors influencing the management of spina bifida cystica was carried out on Nigerian children (48 males, 28 females) seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, between January 1982 and December 1983. The parents of 74 of the 76 children had never heard of th...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Oyewole A,Adeloye A,Adeyokunnu AA

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：AIM:The neurobiological contributions of childhood language disorder are not well understood. Yet there is increasing evidence that language disorder is associated with differences in brain structure and/or function in core language regions. A key hypothesis has been that children with language disorder do not show the...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Mayes AK,Reilly S,Morgan AT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of the Rotterdam Transition Profile (RTP) to describe the transition process from childhood to adulthood in young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Participants were recruited from rehabilitation centres and hospital departments of rehabilitation. In total, 81 young...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Donkervoort M,Wiegerink DJ,van Meeteren J,Stam HJ,Roebroeck ME,Transition Research Group South West Netherlands.

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review examines the effects of casting, either alone or in combination with botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A), on equinus in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Comparisons are made between casting alone and no treatment, between casting alone and BTX-A alone, between combined casting and BTX-A and each tr...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Blackmore AM,Boettcher-Hunt E,Jordan M,Chan MD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of exercise interventions designed to improve balance in young people with intellectual disabilities. METHOD:A systematic literature search was performed on 10 databases. Studies in press or published in English in a peer-reviewed journal were include...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maïano C,Hue O,Morin AJS,Lepage G,Tracey D,Moullec G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine self- and proxy-reported symptoms of depression in children with epilepsy. METHOD:This was a prospective longitudinal cohort study of children with epilepsy. Participants were treated at six Canadian tertiary-care centers and followed over 28 months with repeated assessments of child self-reported sympt...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rosic T,Avery L,Streiner DL,Ferro MA,Rosenbaum P,Cunningham C,Ronen GM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In children with Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), ataxia is assessed using the surrogate marker the International Cooperative Ataxia Rating Scale (ICARS). We aimed to determine whether ICARS scores in children with FRDA are confounded by muscle weakness. METHOD:In 12 children with FRDA (10 males, two females; mean age 13...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sival DA,Pouwels ME,Van Brederode A,Maurits NM,Verschuuren-Bemelmans CC,Brunt ER,Du Marchie Sarvaas GJ,Verbeek RJ,Brouwer OF,Van Der Hoeven JH

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Children with physical disabilities are at increased risk of limitations to participation in everyday activities. This study describes research examining the participation of children in day-to-day formal and informal activities (excluding mandated academic schooling). Using the Children's Assessment of Participation ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Law M,King G,King S,Kertoy M,Hurley P,Rosenbaum P,Young N,Hanna S

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:One-hundred-and-sixty-six children whose blood lead levels had previously been determined were assessed on a battery of psychometric tests. Blood lead levels ranged from 7 to 33 micrograms/100 ml, and the group performed within the average range on all tests of attainment and intelligence. There were significant assoc...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Yule Q,Lansdown R,Millar IB,Urbanowicz MA

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to compare the approximate number system acuity in children born extremely preterm aged 6 years 6 months and typically developing, age-matched peers. METHOD:This population-based follow-up study included 65 children born before 27 gestational weeks (35 males, 30 females; mean gestational ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hellgren K,Halberda J,Forsman L,Adén U,Libertus M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To estimate the impact of different types of language disorders on socio-emotional development and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in 8-year-old children. METHOD:In a prospective cohort including 13 427 newborns, of 10 911 eligible children (66 excluded because of intellectual disability or foreign language...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Van Agt H,Verhoeven L,Van Den Brink G,De Koning H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess whether any memory impairment co-occurring with language impairment is global, affecting both verbal and visual domains, or domain specific. METHOD:Visual and verbal memory, learning, and processing speed were assessed in children aged 6 years to 16 years 11 months (mean 9 y 9 m...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Baird G,Dworzynski K,Slonims V,Simonoff E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monozygotic twin boys with fragile X syndrome underwent thorough genetic, psychiatric, neurological, and language evaluations at 10 years of age. They both demonstrated physical features, speech and language difficulties, social problems, and attentional deficits that characterize the behavioural phenotype of fragile ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sheldon L,Turk J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases with sensory peripheral neuropathies are reported. Case 1 presented with scoliosis, and cases 2 and 3 presented with abnormal gait. None had trophic limb changes, evidence of weakness, or a tendency to self-mutilation and each had normal motor studies on neurophysiological testing. Sural nerve biopsies sho...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Bye AM,Baker WD,Pollard J,Wise G

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 115 children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (CP) in the Mersey region, 17 were born at term and at an appropriate weight for age, and have preserved cognitive abilities. 10 of these are likely to have sustained intrapartum asphyxial brain-damage as the cause of their CP. In such circumstances, a characteristic patt...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Rosenbloom L

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:The common synaptic drive shared between two groups of motor neurones synchronizes the timing of discharges between the motor-neurone groups. Recordings were made of motor-unit discharges during cocontraction of ipsilateral pairs of thumb muscles in eight subjects with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 4 to 13 years and eight ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Gibbs J,Harrison LM,Stephens JA,Evans AL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined phonological working memory and speech discrimination among children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with and without motor problems. Forty-one children were assigned to three groups; children with ADHD (N=9), children with ADHD plus developmental coordination disorder (ADHD+, ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Norrelgen F,Lacerda F,Forssberg H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00