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Drooling in Cerebral Palsy

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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Cerebral palsy [PDF]

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., Rosenbaum, Peter, Paneth, Nigel, Dan, Bernard, Lin, Jean-Pierre J.P.S.-M., Damiano, Diane, Becher, Jules Guilhelmus, Gaebler-Spira, Deborah, Colver, Allan, Reddihough, Dinah Susan, Crompton, Kylie K.E., Lieber, Richard R.L.   +11 more
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A validation and acceptability study of cognitive testing using switch and eye-gaze control technologies for children with motor and speech impairments: A protocol paper

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, Ingrid Honan, Seth Warschausky, Jacqueline N. Kaufman, Georgina Henry, Candice Stephenson, Annabel Webb, Alistair McEwan, Nadia Badawi   +8 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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Early Parenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ‘Early PACT’ for parents of infants with cerebral palsy: a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

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, Roslyn N Boyd, Jeanie Sheffield, Catherine Mak, Corrine Dickinson   +4 more
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School readiness of children at high risk of cerebral palsy randomised to early neuroprotection and neurorehabilitation: protocol for a follow-up study of participants from four randomised clinical trials

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction School readiness includes cognitive, socio-emotional, language and physical growth and development domains which share strong associations with life-course opportunities. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at increased risk of poor school
Robert S Ware, Catherine Morgan, Nadia Badawi, Jane Wotherspoon, Koa Whittingham, Roslyn N Boyd, Stewart Trost, Leanne Sakzewski, Sarah Mcintyre, Hayley Smithers Sheedy, Iona Novak, Kerstin Pannek, Tracy Comans, Andrea Burgess, Samudragupta Bora, Kristie Bell, Katherine Benfer, Syed Afroz Keramat, Michael Collingwood Fahey, Alex Pagnozzi, Kirsten Rebecca Palmer, Ashleigh Hines, Laura Gascoigne-Pees, Shaneen Leishman, Stina Oftedal   +24 more
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Linkage of Routinely-Collected Maternity Data with a Cerebral Palsy Register: Comparison of baseline maternal characteristics in offspring with and without cerebral palsy.

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, Claire Kerr, Karen McConnell, Oliver Perra, Kelly-Ann Eastwood   +4 more
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Stakeholder consensus for decision making in eye-gaze control technology for children, adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy service provision: findings from a Delphi study

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, Tom Griffiths, Michael T. Clarke, Elegast Monbaliu, Kate Himmelmann, Saranda Bekteshi, Abigail Allsop, René Pereksles, Claire Galea, Margaret Wallen   +9 more
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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, Garg, Bhuwan P, Golomb, Meredith R., Saha, Chandan, Williams, Linda S.   +4 more
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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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