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| Title |
Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neurology, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fneur.2014.00185 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mijna Hadders-Algra |
| Abstract |
This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for early diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy (CP). CP describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation that is attributed to disturbances that occurred in the fetal or infant brain. Therefore, the paper starts with a summary of relevant information from developmental neuroscience. Most lesions underlying CP occur in the second half of gestation, when developmental activity in the brain reaches its summit. Variations in timing of the damage not only result in different lesions but also in different neuroplastic reactions and different associated neuropathologies. This turns CP into a heterogeneous entity. This may mean that the best early diagnostics and the best intervention methods may differ for various subgroups of children with CP. Next, the paper addresses possibilities for early diagnosis. It discusses the predictive value of neuromotor and neurological exams, neuroimaging techniques, and neurophysiological assessments. Prediction is best when complementary techniques are used in longitudinal series. Possibilities for early prediction of CP differ for infants admitted to neonatal intensive care and other infants. In the former group, best prediction is achieved with the combination of neuroimaging and the assessment of general movements, in the latter group, best prediction is based on carefully documented milestones and neurological assessment. The last part reviews early intervention in infants developing CP. Most knowledge on early intervention is based on studies in high-risk infants without CP. In these infants, early intervention programs promote cognitive development until preschool age; motor development profits less. The few studies on early intervention in infants developing CP suggest that programs that stimulate all aspects of infant development by means of family coaching are most promising. More research is urgently needed. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 27% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |
| Peru | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 91% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 492 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 490 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 82 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 65 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 9% |
| Researcher | 37 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 36 | 7% |
| Other | 109 | 22% |
| Unknown | 117 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 137 | 28% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 91 | 18% |
| Neuroscience | 26 | 5% |
| Psychology | 18 | 4% |
| Engineering | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 64 | 13% |
| Unknown | 142 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2022.
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#25,340
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#5
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