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South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 1977 A review of methods of treatment used over the past twelve years in the alleviation of Drooling in Cerebral Palsy is considered. A small group of patients remain persistent droolers in spite of intensive conservative treatment .
Audrey Shavell
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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 ...
Graham, Kerr Kerr H.K. +11 more
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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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BMJ Open, 2020 Introduction New international clinical practice guidelines exist for identifying infants at high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) earlier: between 12 to 24 weeks corrected age, significantly earlier than previous diagnosis windows in Australia at 19 months ...
Koa Whittingham +4 more
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BMC Neurology, 2021 Background Spasticity is present in more than 80% of the population with cerebral palsy (CP). The aim of this study was to describe and compare the use of three spasticity reducing methods; Botulinum toxin-A therapy (BTX-A), Selective dorsal rhizotomy ...
Gunnar Hägglund +10 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Despite the importance of knowing the cognitive capabilities of children with neurodevelopmental conditions, less than one-third of children with cerebral palsy participate in standardized assessments.
Petra Karlsson +8 more
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BMC Neurology, 2021 Background Limited research exists to guide clinical decisions about trialling, selecting, implementing and evaluating eye-gaze control technology. This paper reports on the outcomes of a Delphi study that was conducted to build international stakeholder
Petra Karlsson +9 more
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022 Objectives This feasibility and hypothesis generating study aimed to compare maternal characteristics between pregnancies in which at least one infant received a diagnosis of CP (case pregnancies) and pregnancies in which all infants did not receive a ...
Lisa Kent +4 more
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Comparison of muscle strength, sprint power and aerobic capacity in adults with and without cerebral palsy [PDF]
, 2012 Objective: To compare: (i) muscle strength, sprint power and maximal aerobic capacity; and (ii) the correlations between these variables in adults with and without cerebral palsy. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Twenty adults with and 24 without
Bessems, P.J.C. +5 more
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Computer Vision Interaction for People with Severe Movement Restrictions [PDF]
Human Technology, 2006 In this paper we present the starting point of research in applying human-computer interaction (HCI) techniques to help people with cerebral palsy to use computers via vision-based interaction.
César Mauri +3 more
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