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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Not all Forms of Muscle Hypertonia Worsen With Fatigue: A Pilot Study in Para Swimmers
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 In hypertonic muscles of patients with upper motor neuron syndrome (UMNS), investigation with surface electromyography (EMG) with the muscle in a shortened position and during passive muscle stretch allows to identify two patterns underlying hypertonia ...
Luca Puce +17 more
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International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2018 Introduction: The impact of single stage multilevel soft tissue surgeries needs to be evaluated in spastic cerebral palsy children to offer a convenient treatment option for the majority of children who are lost to follow-up.
Manish Kanwat +3 more
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A service evaluation of parent adherence with dysphagia management therapy guidelines: Reports from family carers supporting children with complex needs in Greece [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: Many children with complex needs exhibit eating, drinking and/or swallowing disorders (dysphagia). These children often have associated learning needs, and require assistance from carers for daily tasks such as eating and drinking.
Alexia Charpentier +5 more
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Observation of experimental lathyrism in the rat [PDF]
, 1959 The clinical manifestations, roentgenologic studies, and histopathologic findings of the central nervous system of rats with induced lathyrism were described.
Lee, HUN Jae
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Strategies to augment volitional and reflex function may improve locomotor capacity following incomplete spinal cord injury [PDF]
, 2018 Many studies highlight the remarkable plasticity demonstrated by spinal circuits following an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Such plasticity can contribute to improvements in volitional motor recovery, such as walking function, although similar ...
Hornby, T. George +2 more
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Speech signal analysis and pattern recognition in diagnosis of dysarthria
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2017 Background: Dysarthria refers to a group of disorders resulting from disturbances in muscular control over the speech mechanism due to damage of central or peripheral nervous system.
Minu George Thoppil +3 more
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Journal of Neurorestoratology, 2021 Brain-derived paralysis is a disease dominated by limb paralysis caused by various brain diseases. The damage of upper motor neurons can lead to spastic paralysis of the limbs in different parts.
HaiLong Zhang +3 more
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Beneficial effects of childhood selective dorsal rhizotomy in adulthood [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been used to treat children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) for over three decades. However, little is known about the outcomes of childhood SDR in adults.
Dobbs, Matthew B +4 more
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Further supporting evidence for REEP1 phenotypic and allelic heterogeneity. [PDF]
, 2019 Heterozygous mutations in REEP1 (MIM #609139) encoding the receptor expression-enhancing protein 1 (REEP1) are a well-recognized and relatively frequent cause of autosomal dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), SPG31.1 REEP1 localizes in the ...
Behnam, M +5 more
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