Rehabilitation and neuroplasticity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

LB Reid, SE Rose, RN Boyd - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Cerebral palsy is a childhood-onset, lifelong neurological disorder that primarily impairs
motor function. Unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP), which impairs use of one hand and perturbs …

Report of a workshop on research gaps in the treatment of cerebral palsy

C Lungu, D Hirtz, D Damiano, P Gross, JW Mink - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Cerebral palsy (CP) is heterogeneous in etiology and manifestations, making research into
relevant therapies difficult and limiting the generalizability of the results. We report here on …

Classification in childhood disability: focusing on function in the 21st century

P Rosenbaum, AC Eliasson… - Journal of child …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Classification systems in health care are usually based on current understanding of the
condition. They are often derived empirically and adopted applying sound principles of …

Oropharyngeal dysphagia and cerebral palsy

KA Benfer, KA Weir, KL Bell, RS Ware… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To determine the progression of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) in
preschool-aged children with cerebral palsy (CP) according to gross motor function. It was …

Oropharyngeal dysphagia in preschool children with cerebral palsy: oral phase impairments

KA Benfer, KA Weir, KL Bell, RS Ware… - Research in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aimed to document the prevalence and patterns of oral phase
oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD) in preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP), and its …

Efficacy of Early Intervention for Infants With Cerebral Palsy in an LMIC: An RCT

KA Benfer, K Whittingham, RS Ware, AK Ghosh… - …, 2024 - publications.aap.org
Video Abstract OBJECTIVE To test efficacy of a parent-delivered multidomain early
intervention (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents [LEAP-CP]) for infants with …

Development of gross motor capacity and mobility performance in children with cerebral palsy: a longitudinal study

A Burgess, S Reedman, MD Chatfield… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe development of gross motor capacity and mobility performance in children
with cerebral palsy. Method This longitudinal cohort study measured gross motor capacity …

The Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System in a population‐based sample of preschool children with cerebral palsy

KA Benfer, KA Weir, KL Bell, RS Ware… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine (1) the reproducibility of the Eating and Drinking Ability Classification
System (EDACS);(2) EDACS classification distribution in a population‐based cohort with …

Food and fluid texture consumption in a population‐based cohort of preschool children with cerebral palsy: Relationship to dietary intake

KA Benfer, KA Weir, KL Bell, RS Ware… - … Medicine & Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine the texture constitution of children's diets and its relationship to
oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD), dietary intake, and gross motor function in young children …

Risk factors for dental caries among children with cerebral palsy in a low‐resource setting

R Akhter, NMM Hassan, EF Martin… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe the oral health status and investigate factors affecting dental caries
experience among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in rural Bangladesh. Method A cross …