Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of childhood-onset, lifelong physical disability in most countries, affecting about 1 in 500 neonates with an estimated prevalence of 17 million people worldwide. Cerebral palsy is not a disease entity in the traditional sense but a clinical description of children who share features of a non-progressive brain ...
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Do lycra garments improve function and movement in children with cerebral palsy? [PDF]
, 2010 The mother of a 5-year-old boy with athetoid cerebral palsy complains of difficulties putting his Lycra suit on each day. She is keen to know if it actually helps improve his function and movement.
Coghill, J. E., Simkiss, Douglas E.
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Association between Antibiotic Prescribing in Pregnancy and Cerebral Palsy or Epilepsy in Children Born at Term: A Cohort Study Using The Health Improvement Network. [PDF]
, 2015 Between 19%-44% pregnant women are prescribed antibiotics during pregnancy. A single, large randomised-controlled-trial (ORACLE Childhood Study II) found an increased risk of childhood cerebral palsy and possibly epilepsy following prophylactic ...
Gilbert, R, Meeraus, WH, Petersen, I
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The Association of Cerebral Palsy with Other Disability in Children with Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke [PDF]
, 2007 The association of cerebral palsy with other disabilities in children with perinatal stroke has not been well-studied. We examined this association in 111 children with perinatal stroke: 67 with neonatal presentation, and 44 with delayed presentation ...
Azzouz, Faouzi +4 more
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Cranial Ultrasound Lesions in the NICU Predict Cerebral Palsy at Age 2 Years in Children Born at Extremely Low Gestational Age [PDF]
, 2009 Our prospective cohort study of extremely low gestational age newborns evaluated the association of neonatal head ultrasound abnormalities with cerebral palsy at age 2 years.
Allred, Elizabeth N. +20 more
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Safety and efficacy of a propofol and ketamine based procedural sedation protocol in children with cerebral palsy undergoing botulinum toxin A injections. [PDF]
, 2019 Background Pediatric patients with cerebral palsy (CP) often undergo intramuscular botulinum toxin (BoNT‐A) injections. These injections can be painful and may require procedural sedation.
Abu-Sultaneh, Samer +4 more
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A Modular Low-clearance Wrist Orthosis for Improving Wrist Motion in Children with Cerebral Palsy [PDF]
, 2014 Children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) often exhibit impairments in the coordination of the grip and lift phases of arm movements that directly impact their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs).
Beardsley, Scott A. +3 more
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Exercise interventions for adults and children with cerebral palsy (Protocol) [PDF]
, 2015 This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: - The primary aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the effect of exercise interventions on activity, participation, and health-related quality of life ...
Cassidy, EE +3 more
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Prevalence of drooling, swallowing, and feeding problems in cerebral palsy across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta‐analyses [PDF]
, 2019 Aim: To determine the prevalence of drooling, swallowing, and feeding problems in persons with cerebral palsy (CP) across the lifespan. Method: A systematic review was conducted using five different databases (AMED, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, and PubMed ...
Bakarčić D +7 more
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A review of the effectiveness of lower limb orthoses used in cerebral palsy [PDF]
, 2009 To produce this review, a systematic literature search was conducted for relevant articles published in the period between the date of the previous ISPO consensus conference report on cerebral palsy (1994) and April 2008.
Bowers, Roy, ISPO (Funder), Ross, Karyn
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