Aidan Cosgrove, I. S. Corry, H. Kerr Graham
SUMMARY The role of intramuscular botulinum toxin A in the treatment of 26 children with cerebral palsy was evaluated. The indication for injection was the presence of a dynamic contracture of lower‐limb muscles interfering with positioning or walking. Spastic target muscles were identified by clini...
Gulam Khandaker, Mohammad Muhit, Tasneem Karim, Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy et al.
AIM: To examine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and risk factors of cerebral palsy (CP) in children in Bangladesh. METHOD: The Bangladesh CP Register is an ongoing population-based surveillance database of children with CP from a geographically defined area in Bangladesh. Cases were define...
Trudy Wijnhoven, Mercedes de Onís, Adelheid W. Onyango, Tracey Wang et al.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Multicentre Growth Reference (MGRS) data management protocol was designed to create and manage a large data bank of information collected from multiple sites over a period of several years. Data collection and processing instruments were prepared centrally and use...
Tetsuo Ikai, Takeshi Kamikubo, Itaru Takehara, Masanori NISHI et al.
OBJECTIVE: Decreased postural stability is a common problem associated with hemiparesis secondary to stroke. The purpose of this study was to evaluate dynamic postural control in patients with hemiparesis and in normal subjects matched for age. DESIGN: Quantitative posturography (EquiTest System) wa...
Reaz Mobarak
OBJECTIVE: To identify the stress experienced by mothers of young children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh and to determine predictive factors. METHODS: We recruited 91 mothers of children with cerebral palsy ages 1.5 to 5 years as they sought services at an urban and a rural center for their chil...
Israt Jahan, Mohammad Muhit, Denny Hardianto, Francis Laryea et al.
AIM: To describe the epidemiology of cerebral palsy (CP) in children from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) using data from the Global Low- and Middle-Income Country CP register (GLM-CPR). METHOD: The GLM-CPR is a multi-country initiative that combines and compares data from children with CP ...
Maureen S. Durkin, W. Wang, Patrick E. Shrout, Sultana S. Zaman et al.
This paper uses five strategies to evaluate the reliability and other measurement qualities of the Ten Questions screen for childhood disability. The screen was administered for 22,125 children, aged 2-9 years, in Bangladesh, Jamaica and Pakistan. The test-retest approach involving small sub-samples...
Mary Ann McColl, Alice Aiken, Alexander McColl, Brodie M. Sakakibara et al.
OBJECTIVE: To perform a scoping review of the empirical evidence between 1980 and 2009 regarding primary care for adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). DATA SOURCES: Peer-reviewed journals were searched from 1980 to 2009 using CINAHL, PubMed-MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Abstracts, and ...
Gulam Khandaker, Hayley Smithers‐Sheedy, Johurul Islam, Monzurul Alam et al.
BACKGROUND: The causes and pathogenesis of cerebral palsy (CP) are all poorly understood, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). There are gaps in knowledge about CP in Bangladesh, especially in the spheres of epidemiological research, intervention and service utilization. In high-...
V. Mung’ala‐Odera, Rose Meehan, Patricia Njuguna, Neema Mturi et al.
BACKGROUND: The 'Ten Questions' Questionnaire (TQQ) is used to detect severe neurological impairment in children living in resource-poor countries. Its usefulness has been established in Asia and the Caribbean, but there are a few published studies from Africa. We evaluated the TQQ as part of a larg...
Priya K. Maloni, Elisabeth R. Despres, Joanna Habbous, Andrea R. Primmer et al.
BACKGROUND: Eighty-five percent of children with disabilities (CWD) live in developing countries, and <5% receive rehabilitation services. PURPOSE: To describe perceptions of disability among mothers of CWD in Bangladesh, and to explore how these perceptions influence the care sought for their CWD. ...
Anthony D. Okely, John J. Reilly, Mark S. Tremblay, Katharina E. Kariippanon et al.
Introduction 24-hour movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep) during the early years are associated with health and developmental outcomes, prompting the WHO to develop Global guidelines for physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of ...
M. S. Adams, Naila Zaman Khan, Shima Begum, Sheila Wirz et al.
BACKGROUND: The majority of children with cerebral palsy have feeding difficulties, which, if not managed, result in stressful mealtimes, chronic malnutrition, respiratory disease, reduced quality of life for caregiver and child, and early death. In well-resourced countries, high- and low-cost medic...
Geraldine Surman, Karla Hemming, Mary Jane Platt, Jackie Parkes et al.
Increasingly, more very-low-birthweight infants in the developed world are now expected to survive the neonatal period than was previously the case. There are concerns that there may be a related increase in the number of infants developing severe sensorimotor impairments. Pooled data from five regi...
Andrew M. Briggs, Carmen Huckel Schneider, Helen Slater, Joanne M. Jordan et al.
INTRODUCTION: Despite the profound burden of disease, a strategic global response to optimise musculoskeletal (MSK) health and guide national-level health systems strengthening priorities remains absent. Auspiced by the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health (G-MUSC), we aimed to empirically der...