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Survival and mortality in cerebral palsy: observations to the sixth decade from a data linkage study of a total population register and National Death Index

BMC Neurology, 2019
BackgroundLikely duration of survival of children described as having cerebral palsy is of considerable interest to individuals with cerebral palsy, their families, carers, health professionals, health economists and insurers. The aim of this paper is to
E. Blair, K. Langdon, S. Mcintyre, David M Lawrence, L. Watson   +4 more
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Assessment of the structural brain network reveals altered connectivity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy due to periventricular white matter lesions

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2014
Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term to describe the spectrum of disorders of impaired motor and sensory function caused by a brain lesion occurring early during development.
Kerstin Pannek, Roslyn N. Boyd, Simona Fiori, Andrea Guzzetta, Stephen E. Rose   +4 more
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Brain Metabolism During A Lower Extremity Voluntary Movement Task in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020
Reduced selective voluntary motor control (SVMC) is a primary impairment due to corticospinal tract (CST) injury in spastic cerebral palsy (CP). There are few studies of brain metabolism in CP and none have examined brain metabolism during a motor task ...
Eileen G. Fowler, Eileen G. Fowler, William L. Oppenheim, Marcia B. Greenberg, Loretta A. Staudt, Shantanu H. Joshi, Shantanu H. Joshi, Daniel H. S. Silverman, Daniel H. S. Silverman   +8 more
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Mortality due to cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer in adults with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2019
To compare mortality rates for cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory disease between adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and the general population.
J. Ryan, M. Peterson, N. Ryan, Kimberley J Smith, N. O’Connell, S. Liverani, N. Anokye, C. Victor, Elizabeth Allen   +8 more
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Genetic or Other Causation Should Not Change the Clinical Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy

Journal of Child Neurology, 2019
High throughput sequencing is discovering many likely causative genetic variants in individuals with cerebral palsy. Some investigators have suggested that this changes the clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy and that these individuals should be removed
A. Maclennan, Sara A. Lewis, A. Moreno-De-Luca, M. Fahey, R. Leventer, S. Mcintyre, H. Ben-Pazi, M. Corbett, Xiaoyang Wang, Gareth Baynam, D. Fehlings, M. Kurian, Changlian Zhu, K. Himmelmann, H. Smithers-Sheedy, Yana A. Wilson, C. S. Ocaña, C. V. van Eyk, N. Badawi, R. Wintle, B. Jacobsson, D. Amor, C. Mallard, L. Pérez-Jurado, M. Hallman, P. Rosenbaum, M. Kruer, J. Gécz   +27 more
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Hip dysplasia among children with spastic cerebral palsy in rural Bangladesh

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background Hip dysplasia is common among children with cerebral palsy (CP), particularly in spastic CP. It can result in pain, reduced function and quality of life.
Tasneem Karim, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Prue Golland, Aynul Islam Khan, Iqbal Hossain, Hayley Smithers-Sheedy, Nadia Badawi, Mohammad Muhit, Gulam Khandaker   +8 more
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Cerebral palsy in Moldova: subtypes, severity and associated impairments

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Moldova is ranked as one of the countries in Europe with the lowest income per capita and with a relatively high infant and maternal mortality rate.
Ecaterina Gincota Bufteac, Guro L. Andersen, Vik Torstein, Reidun Jahnsen   +3 more
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ENACT (ENvironmental enrichment for infants; parenting with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy): a randomised controlled trial of an innovative intervention for infants at risk of autism spectrum disorder

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental condition with impacts on behaviour, cognition, communication, social interaction and family mental health. This paper reports the protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Koa Whittingham, Roslyn N Boyd, Andrea McGlade, Kavindri Kulasinghe, Amy E Mitchell, Honey Heussler   +5 more
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Comparison between semitendinosus transfer to distal femur and medial hamstrings surgical lengthening for treatment of flexed knee gait in cerebral palsy

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2020
Purpose: Hamstrings surgical lengthening (HSL) has been frequently used for the treatment of flexed knee gait in cerebral palsy; however, recurrence of knee flexion deformity (KFD) and increase of anterior pelvic tilt (APT) were reported in a long-term ...
Mauro César de Morais Filho, Marcelo Hideki Fujino, Francesco Camara Blumetti, Carlos Alberto dos Santos, Cátia Miyuki Kawamura, Bruna Caroline Alexandrino Ramos, José Augusto Fernandes Lopes   +6 more
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Epidemiology of cerebral palsy in Bangladesh: a population‐based surveillance study

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2018
To examine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors of cerebral palsy (CP) in children in Bangladesh.
G. Khandaker, M. Muhit, T. Karim, H. Smithers-Sheedy, I. Novak, Cheryl A Jones, N. Badawi   +6 more
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