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An investigation of the factors affecting handwriting skill in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy*.
Conclusions. The results showed that left-hemiplegic children with cerebral palsy whose right sides were dominant were significantly less competent at handwriting than their right-dominant, healthy peers. It was found that the impairment in proprioception seen in the non-hemiplegic side in children with cerebral palsy, and also the impairment in bilateral coordination, speed and dexterity of the upper extremities, visual and spatial perception, visual-motor organization, and tactile-sensory impairments negatively affected their handwriting skills. In the treatment approaches for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, comprehensive sensory-perceptual-motor assessments that involve both extremities must be performed in detail at the earliest possible stage, in order to minimize the existin...... MORE...
POSTED 03/11/2010 at 01:54 AM --

Botulinumtoxin A treatment in toddlers with cerebral palsy
Conclusion: Early treatment of BoNT-A in children with spastic CP may decrease muscle tone and decelerate contracture development after 3.5 years. The effect on gait development remains inconclusive. (Source: Acta Paediatrica)... MORE...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Peripheral sensory neuropathy observed in children with cerebral palsy: is chronic afferent excitation from muscle spindles a possible cause?
Conclusion As cerebral palsy is a typical upper motor neuron disorder, peripheral sensory neuropathy is unexplained. Since observed neuropathy is mainly on the myelin sheath, the etiology is considered to be the chronic overload of afferent impulses from muscle spindles in the spastic muscle. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Brief CommunicationDOI 10.1007/s00381-010-1122-1Authors Toru Fukuhara, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery 1711-1 Tamasu, Kita-ku Okayama 701-1192 JapanYoichiro Namba, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center Department of Neurological Surgery 1711-1 Tamasu, Kita-ku Okayama 701-1192 JapanIchiro Yamadori, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center Department of Patho...... MORE...
POSTED 03/10/2010 at 09:43 AM --

Care for baby brain bleeds
Conclusion This small study suggests that, compared to standard care, DRIFT reduces the risk of the combined outcome of death or severe disability in premature infants with enlargement of the ventricles in the brain due to bleeding. There are a number of points to note: The study was relatively small, with 39 children in the DRIFT group and 38 in the standard care group. The trial was also stopped early due to safety concerns. The researchers note that these factors mean the results should therefore be interpreted cautiously. While larger studies are preferable, the severity of the condition, its relatively uncommon nature and the difficulties associated with carrying out trials in infants mean that larger studies may not be feasible. There were some differences between the groups...... MORE...
POSTED 03/09/2010 at 11:17 AM --

Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Their Cognitive Functioning, and Social Participation: A Review.
Authors: Bottcher L White matter lesions are often seen in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). Evidence points to specific impairment of attentional, visuospatial, and executive functions; although both attention and executive functions are relatively unexplored in spastic CP. The few recent studies on language functions in mild or moderate CP point to well-functioning language. The presence of specific cognitive impairments may, in part, explain why children with spastic CP have a higher risk of learning disabilities and problems in peer relations. However, to understand the development of cognitive impairments, it is necessary to include how social participation feeds back on cognitive processes. PMID: 20209416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Child Neuropsycho...... MORE...
POSTED 03/04/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Somatosensory-evoked cortical activity in spastic diplegic cerebral palsy
Somatosensory deficits have been identified in cerebral palsy (CP), but associated cortical brain activity in CP remains poorly understood. Functional MRI was used to measure blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) responses during three tactile tasks in 10 participants with spastic diplegia (mean age: 18.70 years, SD: 7.99 years; 5 females) and 10 age-matched controls (mean age: 18.60 years, SD: 3.86 years; 5 females). Tactile stimulation involved servo-controlled translation of smooth or embossed surfaces across the right index finger pad; the discrimination tasks with embossed surfaces involved judging whether (1) paired shapes were similar or different, and (2) a rougher set of horizontal gratings preceded or followed a smoother one. Velocity and duration of surface translation was id...... MORE...
POSTED 03/03/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Systematic Review of Interventions for Low Bone Mineral Density in Children With Cerebral Palsy
CONCLUSIONS: Important effects on LBMD have been observed in small and diverse cohorts of children with CP. It is unclear whether small sample sizes or variable treatment responses account for nonsignificant findings. Additional large RCTs are needed of both physical and medical approaches. (Source: PEDIATRICS)... MORE...
POSTED 03/01/2010 at 10:02 AM --

Magnesium sulfate reduces inflammation-associated brain injury in fetal mice
Conclusion: Amelioration of neuronal injury in inflammation-associated PTB may be a key mechanism by which MgSO4 prevents cerebral palsy. (Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)... MORE...
POSTED 02/28/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Cinical-qualitative analysis of the discourse of a child with cerebral palsy
This article proposes a reflection on the establishment of procedural linguistic-discursive production of a child with cerebral palsy in the light of interactive situations. It presents clinic qualitative method as a way of linguistic-discursive investigation and intervention, emphasizing a social verbal interaction and a subjective relationship. The data was longitudinal collected during one year and four months and the linguistic productions of a four-year-old child were analysed in a discursive perspective. Therefore, faraway from measurable evaluations and treatments, which are based in mechanic tasks of words codification and de-codification, our research was based in a group process significant construction analysis. Such analysis allow us to affirm that this child amplify her role i...... MORE...
POSTED 02/26/2010 at 09:27 AM --

To what extent do children with cerebral palsy participate in everyday life situations?
The aims of the study are to describe participation of children with cerebral palsy in everyday life situations, to investigate the relationship between participation (primary outcome variable) with child and parent characteristics (independent variables) and to compare the frequency of participation (secondary outcome variable) of children with cerebral palsy with children without disabilities. A cross-sectional survey of parents of children with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland was undertaken in families' homes using standard questionnaires. Children with cerebral palsy born between 31/8/1991 and 1/4/1997 were identified from a case register of people with the condition. A total of 102 parents opted in (51% response rate). Questionnaires included the Life Habits Questionnaire (Life-H) ...... MORE...
POSTED 02/24/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Helping Children To Walk Using Treadmill Training
Using a treadmill could help infants with prenatal complications or who were injured at birth walk earlier and better, according to a University of Michigan researcher. Prenatal injuries can often result in self-correcting or fixable neuromotor delays, but sometimes toddlers get a more serious diagnosis, such as cerebral palsy, says Rosa Angulo-Barroso, associate professor of movement science at the U-M School of Kinesiology. Some of those diagnoses may come much later, or in mild cases, never, she says... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)... MORE...
POSTED 02/24/2010 at 02:00 AM --

Correlates of decline in gross motor capacity in adolescents with cerebral palsy in Gross Motor Function Classification System levels III to V: an exploratory study
Aim To explore associations between clinical variables and decline in motor capacity in adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP).Method Participants included 76 males and 59 females, whose mean age at the beginning of the study was 14 years 6 months (SD 2.4, range 11.6[ndash]17.9); 51 at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level III, 47 at level IV, and 37 at level V. Ninety-six participants had tetraplegia, 32 had diplegia, and one had hemiplegia. Types of motor disorder were spastic n=98; mixed, n=11; dystonic, n=9; hypotonic, n=7; and ataxic n=3 (seven participants were not classified). Reliable raters collected data annually for 4 years on anthropometric characteristics, the Spinal Alignment and Range of Motion Measure, as well as the Gross Motor Function Measure, 66 items (...... MORE...
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Early prediction of cerebral palsy by computer-based video analysis of general movements: a feasibility study
Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of a computer-based video analysis of the development of cerebral palsy (CP) in young infants.Method A prospective study of general movements used recordings from 30 high-risk infants (13 males, 17 females; mean gestational age 31wks, SD 6wks; range 23[ndash]42wks) between 10 and 15 weeks post term when fidgety movements should be present. Recordings were analysed using computer vision software. Movement variables, derived from differences between subsequent video frames, were used for quantitative analyses. CP status was reported at 5 years.Results Thirteen infants developed CP (eight hemiparetic, four quadriparetic, one dyskinetic; seven ambulatory, three non-ambulatory, and three unknown function), of whom one had fidgety...... MORE...
POSTED 02/23/2010 at 06:00 PM --

Dolphin therapy is booming despite concerns about efficacy and animal cruelty
Do you or does your child suffer from cerebral palsy? Down syndrome? Autism? A knee injury? General ennui? (Source: Wash Post Health)... MORE...
POSTED 02/22/2010 at 11:00 PM --

Dolphin therapy is booming despite concerns about efficacy and animal cruelty
Do you or does your child suffer from cerebral palsy? Down syndrome? Autism? A knee injury? General ennui? (Source: washingtonpost.com - Health)... MORE...
POSTED 02/22/2010 at 11:00 PM --

Ultrasound-Guided Botox Injections of Salivary Glands in Children with Drooling
This study aimed to test the hypothesis that ultrasound-guided botox injection of the salivary glands in children is effective temporary palliation for excessive drooling. The study population consisted of 6 patients who underwent botox injection of salivary glands one or more times at a mid-Atlantic regional children's hospital. Parents were interviewed by telephone regarding the effects of the botox procedure on their child's drooling. The children who comprised our study population exhibited decreased drooling, less respiratory distress, and increased quality of life after the injections. Further research with a larger sample is warranted to support these findings. (Source: Journal of Radiology Nursing)... MORE...
POSTED 02/22/2010 at 09:52 AM --

Changes in lower limb rotation after soft tissue surgery in spastic diplegia.
We examined 28 ambulant children with spastic diplegia with an average age of 12 (7-19) years. They underwent multilevel soft tissue surgery (with 6 surgical procedures per child on average). 3-dimensional gait analysis was performed preoperatively and at an average follow-up of 1-2 years. The indications for surgery were abnormalities in the sagittal plane. Gait analysis data from healthy children were used in defining normal ranges of kinematic variables. For assessment of changes in the transverse plane, the angles of foot progression, hip rotation, and pelvic rotation were studied. Results The transverse plane kinematic results showed no statistically significant postoperative changes when the preoperative parameters were within the normal range (within 2 SD of the mean of the normal m...... MORE...
POSTED 02/21/2010 at 06:00 PM --

J. R. Gage, M. H. Schwartz, S. E. Koop, T. F. Novacheck (eds): The identification and treatment of gait problems in cerebral palsy
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Book ReviewDOI 10.1007/s11832-010-0244-zAuthors Michael D. Sussman, Shriners Hospital for Children Portland OR USA Journal Journal of Children's OrthopaedicsOnline ISSN 1863-2548Print ISSN 1863-2521 (Source: Journal of Children's Orthopaedics)... MORE...
POSTED 02/21/2010 at 12:58 AM --

H1N1 Flu Has Hit Kids With Neuromuscular Disorders Especially Hard
Despite his cerebral palsy, Derek Collette never lagged very far behind. He rode the school bus with other special-needs children, hustled to class on crutches and got decent grades for a child with a learning disability, if not on par with those of an average 13-year-old. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health)... MORE...
POSTED 02/19/2010 at 07:40 AM --

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