Effect of Pediatric Physical Therapy on Deformational Plagiocephaly in Children With Positional Preference
Leo A. van Vlimmeren, Yolanda van der Graaf, Magda M. Boere-Boonekamp, Monique P. L’Hoir, Paul J. M. Helders, Raoul H. H. Engelbert. This RCT evaluates the effect of pediatric physical therapy on positional preference and deformational plagiocephaly on 65 children at 6 and 12 months. It concludes that a 4-month standardized pediatric physical therapy program [...]
Motor scores on the functional independence measure after pediatric spinal cord injury
D D Allen, M J Mulcahey, S M Haley, M J DeVivo, L C Vogel, C McDonald, T Duffy and R R Betz. This study aims to evaluate the functional ability of children with spinal cord injury (SCI) as recorded on motor items of the functional independence measure (FIM) and to examine the factors associated [...]
Comparison of the Two-Step and Midgait Methods of Plantar Pressure Measurement in Children
Oluwabunmi Oladeji, Carrie Stackhouse, Edward Gracely and Margo Orlin. This study evaluates the efficacy of two different protocols to collect plantar pressures: a midgait method that measures plantar pressures in the midst of a longer walk and a two-step method for which plantar pressures are obtained on the second step. These have been validated for [...]
Mild traumatic brain injury induces prolonged visual processing deficits in children
Odile Brosseau-Lachaine, Isabelle Gagnon, Robert Forget, Jocelyn Faubert. This article compares the sensitivity to simple and complex visual stimuli of children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) to that of matched non-injured children and to determine the evolution of visuo-perceptual performance over time. It shows that injured children present selective processing deficits [...]
Multidimensional Outcome Assessment in Cerebral Palsy: Is It Feasible and Relevant?
Viehweger, Elke; Haumont, Thierry; de Lattre, Capucine; Presedo, Ana; Filipetti, Paul; Ilharreborde, Brice; Lebarbier, Pierre; Loundou, Anderson; Simeoni, Marie-Claude This Level 1 study attempts to examine feasibility and relevance of a multidimensional outcome assessment approach using instrumented 3-dimensional gait analysis, via the Gillette Gait Index (GGI), and a set of validated functional and health-related quality [...]
Spasticity: A Clinical Review
Richard D. Zorowitz; Joy B. Leffler; Catherine F. Murray; Richard Robinson This comprehensive review of all aspects and problems related to spasticity, although initially published for medical CPD, will be interesting for physiotherapists working in neurology to increase or update their knowledge of this subject. We Move. 2008. Link to free full-text article:
Chiari malformation presenting as a focal motor deficit
Ilya Laufer, Murray Engel, Neil Feldstein and Mark M. Souweidane. This article reports the cases of two children with Chiari malformations and holocord syringomyelia presenting with a supposed isolated lumbar radiculopathy, which where in fact linked to their initial condition and resolved after treatment. It so demonstrates that Chiari malformations may rarely masquerade as lower [...]
Abnormal cerebral MRI findings and neuroimpairments in very low birth weight (VLBW) adolescents
Jon Skranes, Karianne Indredavik Evensen, Gro C. Løhaugen, Marit Martinussen, Siri Kulseng, Gunnar Myhr, Torstein Vik and Ann–Mari Brubakk Considering the high prevalence of abnormal cerebral MRI findings as well as major and minor motor, perceptual and cognitive impairments that has been reported in very low birth weight (VLBW) children, this article investigates whether cerebral MRI [...]
Early Spontaneous Leg Movements in Infants Born with and Without Myelomeningocele.
Rademacher, Nicholas; Black, David P.; Ulrich, Beverly D. This research report assesses quantity and quality of spontaneous leg movements during early infancy in 9 babies with myelomeningocele (MMC) versus 12 standard babies, and shows that infants with MMC have depressed movement activity. Pediatric Physical Therapy. 20(2):137-145, Summer 2008. Link to abstract:
Idiopathic Toe Walking: A Kinematic and Kinetic Profile.
Westberry, David E. ; Davids, Jon R.; Davis, Roy B.; de Morais Filho, Mauro Cesar This study aimed to help with the diagnosis of ITW versus mild CP, using quantitative gait analysis, and was performed in a series of patients with an established diagnosis of ITW. It concludes to the efficacy of GAIt analysis in [...]
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