Relevance of the Pediatric Powered Wheelchair Screening Test for children with cerebral palsy

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Furumasu ◽  
Paula Guerette ◽  
Donita Tefft
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Powered Wheelchair ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy

Prevalence of Speech Problems and the Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Registry-Based Study in Norway

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guro Andersen ◽  
Tone R. Mjøen ◽  
Torstein Vik
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Motor Function ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Function ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Communicative Abilities ◽  
Normal Speech

Abstract This study describes the prevalence of speech problems and the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Norway. Information on the communicative abilities of 564 children with CP born 1996–2003, recorded in the Norwegian CP Registry, was collected. A total of 270 children (48%) had normal speech, 90 (16%) had slightly indistinct speech, 52 (9%) had indistinct speech, 35 (6%) had very indistinct speech, 110 children (19%) had no speech, and 7 (1%) were unknown. Speech problems were most common in children with dyskinetic CP (92 %), in children with the most severe gross motor function impairments and among children being totally dependent on assistance in feeding or tube-fed children. A higher proportion of children born at term had speech problems when compared with children born before 32 weeks of gestational age 32 (p > 0.001). Among the 197 children with speech problems only, 106 (54%) used AAC in some form. Approximately 20% of children had no verbal speech, whereas ~15% had significant speech problems. Among children with either significant speech problems or no speech, only 54% used AAC in any form.

pharyngeal dysphagia in children with cerebral palsy’

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (06) ◽  
pp. 428
Author(s):  
Helen Cockerill ◽  
Lesley Carroll-Few
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Pharyngeal Dysphagia ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy

Influence of gait pattern on the body's centre of mass displacement in children with cerebral palsy

2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firas Massaad ◽  
Frédéric Dierick ◽  
Adélaïde van den Hecke ◽  
Christine Detrembleur
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Gait Pattern ◽  
Centre Of Mass ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Mass Displacement

Eating and feeding are not the same: caregivers' perceptions of gastrostomy feeding for children with cerebral palsy

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (09) ◽  
pp. 713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario C Petersen ◽  
Satish Kedia ◽  
Pam Davis ◽  
Lisa Newman ◽  
Carrie Temple
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Children With Cerebral Palsy
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