AIM To determine the age of development of bladder and bowel control and the frequency of enuresis, encopresis, and urinary infections in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS The study included 45 children with cerebral palsy who regularly attended a rehabilitation center in Isparta, Turkey, and two groups of age- and sex-matched children, 37 siblings of the children with cerebral palsy and ...

how to cite this article: wilson md. animal models of cerebral palsy: hypoxic brain injury in the newborn. iran j child neurol. spring 2015; 9(2):9-16. abstract objective hypoxic insults are implicated in the spectrum of fetal disorders, including cerebral palsy (cp). in view of the major contribution of intrapartum risk factors and prematurity to subsequent neurological morbidity and mortality...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence and timing of neonatal ultrasound lesions, and clinical details about pregnancy and the perinatal period, in a total population of extremely premature children with cerebral palsy, born to mothers who were resident in Oxfordshire. METHODS Eighteen children born at less than 32 completed weeks of gestation were identified from a regional cerebral palsy re...

ment and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1997;39:214-223. 16. Wu YW, Escobar GJ, Grether JK, Croen LA, Greene JD, Newman TB. Chorioamnionitis and cerebral palsy in term and near-term infants. JAMA. 2003;290: 2677-2684. 17. Grether JK, Nelson KB. Maternal infection and cerebral palsy in infants of normal birth weight...

BACKGROUND Cerebral palsy is more common in twins than singletons. Among twins, if one twin suffers a fetal death or dies in infancy, the prevalence of cerebral palsy in the surviving co-twin is considerably increased, and those from like-sex pairs are particularly at high risk. AIM To compare birthweight specific cerebral palsy prevalence in like-sex and unlike-sex twins where both twins sur...

Abstract Background Pediatric physiotherapists help children to achieve their optimal physical development. The present study was aimed evaluate the out-patient pediatric conditions managed by in Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Nigeria (FMCA). Methods included all attended at Unit (outpatient) of FMCA period between beginnings May 20121 end 2022. clinic runs every Tuesdays and Thursdays. All ...

abstract background: nowadays, caregivers’ general health has an influential impact on patients’ and attendants’ education as well as the management of chronic diseases. this study aimed to design, develop and evaluate an android application based on a user-led approach to educate caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. methods: to conduct this applied developmental study, we first assessed...