Background: Children with autism should interact and get along with their surrounding environment. Therefore, the researchers must try to explain the reasons of challenges in their adaptive behaviors. This study aimed to evaluate levels of challenges in sensory processing and the motor domain of adaptive behavior among children with autism in Egypt, and to explore the effect of sensory processi...

​​ Background and Objective: Human development is influenced by genetic, environmental, and social factors whose foundation is formed from infancy and childhood. Preterm birth and low birth weight are important issues that can affect the development and threaten the public health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of early exercise interventions on gross motor skills of chil...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between gross motor and intellectual function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Occupational therapy clinic. PARTICIPANTS Children with CP (N=662; 281 girls, 381 boys; age range, 3-14y). INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Intelligence testing was carried out by means of the Wechsler Pres...

Background: Developmental and behavioral disorders are the most prevalent problems in children after infection and trauma. Growth and development are influenced by genetic, social and environmental factors that incept of the early life of the fetal and neonatal periods. Due to the importance of the development in children, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between growth in...

Miriam Getz is with the Kibuzzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, Israel and the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled in Ramat Gan, Israel. E-mail: [email protected]. Yeshayahu Hutzler is with Zinman College for Physical Education and Sports at the Wingate Institute and the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled Ramat Gan, Israel. E-mail: [email protected]. Adri Vermeer is with the faculty of ...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months is assumed to ensure adequate micronutrients for term infants. Our objective was to investigate the effects of prolonged breastfeeding on B vitamin status and neurodevelopment in 80 infants with subnormal birth weights (2000-3000 g) and examine if cobalamin supplementation may benefit motor function in infants who developed biochemical signs of im...

BACKGROUND Enhancement of functional ambulation is a key goal of rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy (CP) who experience gross motor impairment. Physiotherapy (PT) approaches often involve overground and treadmill-based gait training to promote motor learning, typically as free walking or with body-weight support. Robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT), using a device such as the Lok...

objective(s):neurotoxicity of anticancer drugs complicates treatment of cancer patients. vinblastine (vbl) is reported to induce motor and cognitive impairments in patients receiving chronic low-dose regimen. materials and methods: the effects of vbl treatment on motor, learning and memory functions of male and female wistar rats were studied by behavioral related tests. animals were given chro...

BACKGROUND Young children with cerebral palsy (CP) receive a variety of interventions to prevent and/or reduce activity limitations and participation restrictions. Some of these interventions are intensive, and it is a challenge to identify the optimal intensity. Therefore, the objective of this systematic review was to describe and categorise intensive motor function and functional skills trai...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated the importance of using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy, but the reliability of the expanded and revised version has not been examined in Brazil (GMFCS E & R). OBJECTIVE To determine the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the Portuguese-Brazil version of the ...