Motor function of infants with athetoid cerebral palsy.

abstract：AIM:Apolipoprotein E (APOE, protein; [ApoE, gene]) is a lipid transport protein abundantly present in brain cells. We investigated whether the APOE genotype is associated with cerebral palsy (CP) and whether patients with CP with comorbid conditions and more severe neurological deficits are likely to have a particular ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Braga LW,Borigato EV,Speck-Martins CE,Imamura EU,Gorges AM,Izumi AP,Dantas RC,Nunes LG

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate flexor hypertonia of the extremities in newborns, a neurological examination and superficial electromyogram (EMG) recordings were carried out on 50 full-term infants both before and after the first 48 hours of life (the 'birth-shock period). EMG amplituds on the flexor side of the upper arm in ...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maekawa K,Ochiai Y

更新日期：1975-08-01 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：:Two theories concerning the effects of surgical release of the proximal origins of the rectus femoris in spastic patients are (1) that release reduces hip flexion contracture and lumbar lordosis and diminishes crouch, and (2) that release primarily enhances early swing-phase knee flexion. A series of eight patients wi...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Sutherland DH,Larsen LJ,Mann R

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine possible differences between high-functioning males and females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regarding the core symptoms of autism and coexisting psychopathology. A total of 23 females and 23 males matched for age, IQ, and ASD diagnoses were recruited(mean age 11y...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Holtmann M,Bölte S,Poustka F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood and saliva were collected from 48 children, aged three to 17 years, before a morning dose of carbamazepine and then at three, six and eight hours afterward. There was no significant difference in the ratio of 10-11 epoxy-carbamazepine to total carbamazepine for children on carbamazepine alone (0.18) and those on...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tomlin PI,McKinlay I,Smith I

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine trends in the changes of the popliteal angle in 130 normal infants between one day and 12 months of age, for use in assessing infants with possible neuromuscular pathology. Using a 360 degree goniometer, the popliteal angle was measured with the hip held at 90 degree flexion,...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Reade E,Hom L,Hallum A,Lopopolo R

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study 17 male and 13 female infants with gestational ages between 27 and 34 weeks (mean 30.7) and birthweights between 750 and 2020g (mean 1545) were evaluated with the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale at 35, 38, 40 and 44 weeks postconceptional age. All were in room air at the time of observatio...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Paludetto R,Rinaldi P,Mansi G,Andolfi M,Del Giudice G

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied MR images of the brain in 152 patients, aged 1 to 19 years (mean 3.3), who had spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and were attending two hospitals in Japan in 1993 and 1994. Eighty-one patients had diplegia, 45 had quadriplegia, and 26 had hemiplegia. Of patients with diplegia, 72 had periventricular leuk...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Okumura A,Kato T,Kuno K,Hayakawa F,Watanabe K

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:The ambulatory status of 74 neonatal intensive care unit survivors with cerebral palsy, excluding those with central nervous system malformations and syndromes, was assessed at eight years of age. Detailed examinations were completed at two and eight years of age; of the 47 who were sitting by two years, 46 became amb...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Watt JM,Robertson CM,Grace MG

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five children (three males, two females; four right-, one left-handed; age range 6 to 14 years) who developed aphasia after gross-total excision of left predominantly thalamic tumors are reported. Three patients had Broca aphasia, one had mixed transcortical aphasia, and one patient had conduction aphasia. In the mont...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Nass R,Boyce L,Leventhal F,Levine B,Allen J,Maxfield C,Salsberg D,Sarno M,George A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the reliability, validity, and optimal placement of pedometers in children with cerebral palsy (CP) who ambulate without aids. METHOD:Seventeen participants aged 7 to 17 years with CP (eight males, nine females; mean age 12y 4mo; SD 3y 2mo), who could ambulate without aids, w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Maher C,Kenyon A,McEvoy M,Sprod J

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Sensory and motor function were evaluated in 84 children and adolescents with epilepsy but not additional neuroimpairments such as mental retardation or cerebral palsy. The influence of sex, age, age at onset of epilepsy, duration, seizure type and frequency and medication was analysed. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Beckung E,Uvebrant P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-month-old child born with marked microcephaly (head circumference 17cm) was found at autopsy to have gliomesodermal tissue replacing the telencephalon (atelencephaly). This finding, together with genital anomalies and hypoplasia of the extremities, suggests arrest at the fifth week of fetal life. The clinical an...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Garcia CA,Duncan C

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This systematic review investigated the availability of assessment tools to evaluate bimanual skills in young children (< or = 3y) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Evidence for validity, reliability, and clinical utility of the identified instruments was sought. METHOD:Ten electronic databases and grey literature w...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Greaves S,Imms C,Dodd K,Krumlinde-Sundholm L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A feeding bottle equipped with micro-video-camera and pressure sensor was devised to show the inside of the mouth and record sucking pressure. Activities of the temporal (TM), masseter muscle (MM), orbicular muscle of the mouth (OM) and suprahyoid muscles (SM) of 25 healthy infants were examined. Tongue and jaw moveme...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Tamura Y,Horikawa Y,Yoshida S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To briefly outline the strengths and limitations of cerebral palsy (CP) registers, and to report on findings of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Register (ACPR) pertaining to a population cohort of children with CP. METHOD:De-identified data were extracted from the ACPR for people with CP in birth years 1993 to 2006,...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Smithers-Sheedy H,McIntyre S,Gibson C,Meehan E,Scott H,Goldsmith S,Watson L,Badawi N,Walker K,Novak I,Blair E,Australian Cerebral Palsy Register Group.

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy can be very effective in the treatment of intractable spasticity, but its effectiveness and safety have not yet been thoroughly studied in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The aims of this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study were to select children elig...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Hoving MA,van Raak EP,Spincemaille GH,Palmans LJ,Sleypen FA,Vles JS,Dutch Study Group on Child Spasticity.

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Hand preference and functional hand-dominance of 45 spina bifida patients (aged 13 to 25 years) were assessed by means of self-reports on an ordinal scale and a tapping task. Non-right-handedness was more frequent among patients with accompanying progressive hydrocephalus. Left-hand preference was significantly more f...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Wassing HE,Siebelink BM,Luyendijk W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Controversy surrounds the distinction between high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger disorder, but motor abnormalities are associated features of both conditions. This study examined motor cortical inhibition and excitability in HFA and Asperger disorder using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). METHOD:Pa...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Enticott PG,Rinehart NJ,Tonge BJ,Bradshaw JL,Fitzgerald PB

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：:Dravet syndrome, a severe infantile epilepsy syndrome, is typically resistant to anti-epileptic drugs (AED). Lamotrigine (LTG), an AED that is effective for both focal and generalized seizures, has been reported to aggravate seizures in Dravet syndrome. Therefore, LTG is usually avoided in Dravet syndrome. We describe...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Dalic L,Mullen SA,Roulet Perez E,Scheffer I

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of postural balance requires an active sensorimotor control system. Current data are limited and sometimes conflicting regarding the influence of the proprioceptive, visual, and vestibular afferent systems on posture control in children. This study investigated the development of sensory organization accor...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Steindl R,Kunz K,Schrott-Fischer A,Scholtz AW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this cross-sectional study was to provide normative data for motor proficiency (motor performance and contralateral associated movements [CAMs]) in typically developing children between 3 years and 18 years of age using an updated version of the Zurich Neuromotor Assessment (ZNA-2). METHOD:Six-hundred a...

journal_title：Developmental medicine and child neurology

authors： Kakebeeke TH,Knaier E,Chaouch A,Caflisch J,Rousson V,Largo RH,Jenni OG

更新日期：2018-08-01 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