Stewart, Shannon L Morris, John N Asare-Bediako, Yvonne A Toohey, Ashley
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Activities of daily living (ADL) are key to daily living and adjustment. A number of ADL scales have been developed and validated to examine functional performance in the pediatric population; however, most of these scales are limited to specific groups. The purpose of this research was to test the plausibility of developing and validating a hierar...
Sørensen, Kristian Vestrheim, Ida E Lerdal, Bjørn Skranes, Jon
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Objective: To assess and evaluate the change in functional skills among children with cerebral palsy (CP) who participated in an intensified habilitation program. Methods: In this prospective longitudinal study, a cohort of 39 preschool children (2-5 years) with cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I-V) together with th...
Bekteshi, Saranda Konings, Marco Vanmechelen, Inti Deklerck, Jan Ortibus, Els Aerts, Jean-Marie Hallez, Hans Karlsson, Petra Dan, Bernard Monbaliu, Elegast
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
To investigate the operational competences screen navigation and dwell function underlying eye gaze performance, and the relation of dystonia and choreoathetosis with eye gaze performance in children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP). During a 5-week intervention, ten participants with DCP played eye gaze video games daily for 30 minutes. Six ga...
Stewart, Kirsty Copeland, Lisa Lewis, Jennifer
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Purpose: To investigate the effects of intrathecal baclofen therapy (ITB) on health-related quality of life for children with cerebral palsy and neurological conditions. Method: This study is part of a longitudinal, multicentre audit. The primary outcome measure, the Caregiver Priorities and Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities, was complet...
Warnier, Nadieh Lambregts, Suzanne Port, Ingrid Van De
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Aim: To investigate the effect of Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) on balance and walking in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: A systematic search in Pubmed and Embase was performed until the 9th of July 2019. Articles were included if the population consisted of children with CP and data on balance and/or walking were reported. Results were ...
Paniccia, M Ippolito, C McFarland, S Murphy, J Reed, N
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Purpose: There has been a shift to consider pediatric concussion recovery beyond symptom management by considering how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) affects recovery. This study investigated normative ranges of HRQoL in children and explored its relationship with common pediatric concussion variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 1,...
Romano, Alberto Caprì, Tindara Semino, Martina Bizzego, Ilaria Di Rosa, Gabriella Fabio, Rosa Angela
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
In recent years, much attention has been paid to motor impairment of persons with Rett Syndrome (RTT), with increasing literature aimed to describe gross motor functioning and musculoskeletal disorders of the RTT population. The aim of this systematic review is to describe clinical evaluation tools used in the last decade to assess motor functionin...
Skogli, Erik Winther Andersen, Per Normann Isaksen, Jørn
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Objective: To examine the development of executive functions, in preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), receiving early intensive behavioral training (EIBI). Method: Executive functions (EF) were assessed with The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function - Preschool Version (BRIEF-P), by parents and preschool teachers at th...
Lancioni, Giulio E Singh, Nirbhay N O'Reilly, Mark F Sigafoos, Jeff Alberti, Gloria Chiariello, Valeria Carrella, Luigina
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Objective: The study evaluated a smartphone-aided program to support independent access to leisure events and performance of daily activities in seven participants with moderate intellectual disability, four of whom also had severe hearing loss. Method: The program relied on the use of a Samsung Galaxy J4 Plus smartphone with Android 9.0 operating ...
Andersson, Gerd Renström, Barbro Blaszczyk, Izabela Domellöf, Erik
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Developmental neurorehabilitation
Covering a 20-year period of work with children with severe cerebral palsy (CP) within a Swedish habilitation service, changes in passive wrist extension with fingers extended (PWE-FE) and current hand function are described and compared between children receiving systematic upper-extremity treatment with botulinum neurotoxin type A and interventio...
