Theis, Nicola Brown, Meghan A Wood, Paula Waldron, Mark
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The Journal of nutrition
Spastic cerebral palsy (CP) is characterized by muscle weakness owing, in part, to a blunted muscle protein synthetic response. This might be normalized by long-term leucine supplementation. The study assessed the effects of 10 wk leucine supplementation in adolescents and adults with CP. The study was a single-center randomized controlled trial. T...
Østergaard, Cecilie Schmidt Pedersen, Nanna Sofie Astrup Thomasen, Anne Mechlenburg, Inger Nordbye-Nielsen, Kirsten
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Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
The aim was to identify the prevalence of long-lasting pain among children with cerebral palsy (CP) and to investigate the association between pain and participation in physical leisure activities. This is a cross-sectional study based on data from the National Danish Clinical Quality Database of children with CP. The study population consisted of ...
Montgomery, Cecilia F Kaul, Ylva Strand Brodd, Katarina Persson, Kristina Hellström-Westas, Lena
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Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
The aim of this study was to investigate the level of motor development and the quality of motor performance during the first 10 months in relation to the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-third edition (Bayley-III) motor index at 2.5 years. Children born very preterm from a population-based study (n = 113) were assessed with the Structured Obser...
Farr, William J Green, Dido Bremner, Stephen Male, Ian Gage, Heather Bailey, Sarah Speller, Sandra Colville, Valerie Jackson, Mandy Memon, Anjum
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Disability and rehabilitation
Evidence is increasing for effective virtual reality therapy for motor rehabilitation for children with Cerebral Palsy. We assessed the feasibility of a virtual reality therapy mode of intervention, appropriateness of measures, and potential cost-effectiveness. A 12-week, 2-group, parallel-feasibility trial (ISRCT 17624388) using Nintendo Wii FitTM...
Zhang, Lijia Ellor, Susan Sun, Jessica M Liu, Chunlei Kurtzburg, Joanne Song, Allen W
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Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Previous studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based connectome analysis revealed improved connectivity in cerebral palsy (CP) patients who underwent autologous umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem-cell therapy. However, the potential mechanism for the connectivity increase remains unclear and needs to be further elucidated. To develop a techniqu...
Biddiss, Elaine Chan-Viquez, Daniela Cheung, Stephanie T King, Gillian
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Disability and rehabilitation
To provide a theoretically grounded understanding of engagement in interactive computer play-based motor therapies by children with cerebral palsy in home settings. A motivational framework for engagement and its relationship with three contemporary theories (self-determination theory, expectancy-value theory, social cognitive theory of self-regula...
Winiarczyk, Dagmara Winiarczyk, Mateusz Winiarczyk, Stanisław Michalak, Katarzyna Adaszek, Łukasz
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Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
Canine diabetes mellitus is a significant health burden, followed with numerous systemic complications, including diabetic cataracts and retinopathy, leading to blindness. Diabetes should be considered as a disease damaging all the body organs, including gastrointestinal tract, through a complex combination of vascular and metabolic pathologies, le...
İçağasıoğlu, Afitap Doğruoz Karatekin, Bilinç Mesci, Erkan Yumusakhuylu, Yasemin Murat, Sadiye Yasin, Şeyhmus
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Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
The aim of this study was to evaluate health problems, accommodation, and mobility of adult patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Between September 2018 and September 2019, a total of 70 adult CP patients (37 males, 33 females; mean age 29.4±10.2 years; range, 19 to 68 years) who were admitted to our clinic were included. Accommodation, education stat...
Öhrvall, Ann-Marie Bergqvist, Lena Hofgren, Caisa Peny-Dahlstrand, Marie
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Disability and rehabilitation
Purpose: Restrictions to activity and participation in persons with cerebral palsy or spina bifida are often due to both motor and executive dysfunction. Hence methods focusing solely on motor issues are not enough to enhance participation. The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance ApproachTM is a performance-based approach offeri...
Şahin, Ebru Dilek, Banu Karakaş, Ali Engin, Onur Gülbahar, Selmin Faruk Dadaş, Ömer Peker, Minuse Özlen El, Özlem
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Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
The aim of the present study is to develop a Turkish version of the ABILHAND-Kids Survey, which evaluates upper extremity function in children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to carry out a validity and reliability study of the survey for Turkish CP patients. Between November 2016 and March 2017, a total of 109 pediatric CP patients (62 males, 47 fem...
