CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (CRE) IN CEREBRAL PALSY

Implications of providing wrist-hand orthoses for children with cerebral palsy: evidence from a randomised controlled trial

Christine Imms, Margaret Wallen, Catherine Elliott, Brian Hoare, Susan Greaves, Melinda Randall, Francesca Orsini

2022-05-31

PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of providing rigid wrist-hand orthoses plus usual multidisciplinary care, on reducing hand imp..

Social Outcomes of School Leavers With Cerebral Palsy Living in Victoria

Christine Imms, Dinah Reddihough, Daisy A Shepherd, Anne Kavanagh

2021-12-14

Objective: In Australia, the National Disability Strategy provides a framework to guide actions and investment to achieve equity i..

Application of Inertial Measurement Units and Machine Learning Classification in Cerebral Palsy: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Siavash Khaksar, Huizhu Pan, Bita Borazjani, Iain Murray, Himanshu Agrawal, Wanquan Liu, Catherine Elliott, Christine Imms, Amity Campbell, Corrin Walmsley

2021-10-20

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy (CP) is a physical disability that affects movement and posture. Approximately 17 million people worldw..

Task-specific training for bicycle-riding goals in ambulant children with cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial

Rachel AM Toovey, Adrienne R Harvey, Jennifer L Mcginley, Katherine J Lee, Sophy TF Shih, Alicia J Spittle

2021-08-22

AIM: To determine whether a task-specific physiotherapist-led training approach is more effective than a non-specific parent-led h..

The Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy Functional Impact Scale: development and validation of a new tool

Kirsty Stewart, Jennifer Lewis, Margaret Wallen, Natasha Bear, Adrienne Harvey

2021-06-19

AIM: To outline the development and examine the content and construct validity of a new tool, the Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy Functi..

Do physical activity interventions influence subsequent attendance and involvement in physical activities for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review

Gaela Kilgour, Brooke Adair, Ngaire Susan Stott, Michael Steele, Amy Hogan, Christine Imms

2021-05-27

PURPOSE: To investigate if children with cerebral palsy have sustained attendance and involvement in physical activities after com..

The Neurological Hand Deformity Classification: Construct validity, test-retest, and inter-rater reliability.

Simon Garbellini, Melinda Randall, Michael Steele, Catherine Elliott, Christine Imms

2021-03-29

BACKGROUND: The Neurological Hand Deformity Classification (NHDC) is an impairment-based tool that classifies hand deformity into ..

Measure of Early Vision Use: development of a new assessment tool for children with cerebral palsy

Belinda Deramore Denver, Elspeth Froude, Peter Rosenbaum, Christine Imms

2021-02-16

PURPOSE: To report the development of an assessment tool to describe "how vision is used" for children with cerebral palsy. METHOD..

Measure of early vision use: initial validation with parents of children with cerebral palsy

Belinda Deramore Denver, Elspeth Froude, Peter Rosenbaum, Christine Imms

2021-02-16

PURPOSE: To report initial psychometric evidence on the Measure of Early Vision Use. METHOD: Data on performance of the Measure of..

Drooling in children with neurodisability: A survey of Australian speech-language pathologists' practice

Michelle Mcinerney, Dinah S Reddihough, Paul N Carding, Christine Imms

2020-04-08

Purpose: In the absence of evidence-based guidelines, this study sought to understand current speech-language pathologists' (SLPs)..

Health-related quality of life and upper-limb impairment in children with cerebral palsy: developing a mapping algorithm

Utsana Tonmukayakul, Christine Imms, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Dinah Reddihough, Rob Carter, Brendan Mulhern, Gang Chen

2020-02-16

AIM: To: (1) investigate the relationship between upper-limb impairment and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for children wi..

More than an X-ray: Experiences and perspectives of parents of children with cerebral palsy when engaging in hip surveillance

Rachel Toovey, Kate L Willoughby, Jan M Hodgson, H Kerr Graham, Dinah S Reddihough

2020-01-01

AIM: We explored the experiences of parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) when engaging in hip surveillance for their child..

Training Two-Wheel Bike Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Practice Survey of Therapists in Australia

Rachel Toovey, Alicia J Spittle, Anna Nicolaou, Jennifer L McGinley, Adrienne R Harvey

2019-11-02

Aim: To describe current practices of physiotherapists and occupational therapists when training two-wheel bike skills in children..

Prescribing upper limb orthoses for children with cerebral palsy: a Q methodology study of occupational therapists' decision making

Simon Garbellini, Melinda Randall, Michael Steele, Catherine Elliott, Christine Imms

2019-04-05

Purpose: This study identified occupational therapists' viewpoints that guide their practice of upper limb orthosis prescription f..

A systematic review of utility values in children with cerebral palsy

Utsana Tonmukayakul, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Shalika Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, Lidia Engel, Jessica Bucholc, Brendan Mulhern, Rob Carter, Cathrine Mihalopoulos

2019-01-01

PURPOSE: Project aims include the following: (i) to identify reported utility values associated with CP in children aged ≤ 18 year..

Behavioural interventions to treat drooling in children with neurodisability: a systematic review

Michelle S McInerney, Dinah S Reddihough, Paul N Carding, Ruth Swanton, Chloe M Walton, Christine Imms

2019-01-01

AIM: To review the evidence for behavioural interventions to reduce drooling in children with neurodisability. METHOD: A detailed ..

Health professionals' experiences and barriers encountered when implementing hip surveillance for children with cerebral palsy

Kate L Willoughby, Rachel Toovey, Jan M Hodgson, H Kerr Graham, Dinah S Reddihough

2019-01-01

AIM: This study aimed to explore health professionals' experiences of implementing hip surveillance for young people with cerebral..

Measures used to quantify participation in childhood disability and their alignment with the family of participation-related constructs: a systematic review

Brooke Adair, Anna Ullenhag, Peter Rosenbaum, Mats Granlund, Deb Keen, Christine Imms

2018-11-01

AIM: We aimed to identify measures used to assess the participation of disabled children and to map the measures' content to the f..

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebral Palsy in Children with a History of Preterm Birth

Alicia J Spittle, Catherine Morgan, Joy E Olsen, Iona Novak, Jeanie LY Cheong

2018-09-01

Infants born preterm are at increased risk of cerebral palsy (CP), with the risk increasing with decreasing gestational age. Altho..

Hip- and patellofemoral-joint loading during gait are increased in children with idiopathic torsional deformities

Elyse Passmore, H Kerr Graham, Marcus G Pandy, Morgan Sangeux

2018-06-01

BACKGROUND: Torsional deformities of the femur and tibia are associated with gait impairments and joint pain. Several studies have..

Bike skills training for children with cerebral palsy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Rachel Toovey, Adrienne R Harvey, Jennifer L McGinley, Katherine J Lee, Sophy TF Shih, Alicia J Spittle

2018-05-01

INTRODUCTION: Two-wheel bike riding can be a goal for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and a means of participating in physical a..

Identification, classification and assessment of dyskinesia in children with cerebral palsy: A survey of clinicians

Kirsty Stewart, Emma Tavender, James Rice, Adrienne Harvey

2018-04-01

AIM: The aims of this study were to investigate clinicians' knowledge, and barriers they perceive exist, relating to the identific..

Defining the medial-lateral axis of the femur: Medical imaging, conventional and functional calibration methods lead to differences in hip rotation kinematics for children with torsional deformities

Elyse Passmore, H Kerr Graham, Morgan Sangeux

2018-03-01

Hip rotation during gait is a major indicator for femoral derotation osteotomy. However, repeatability of hip rotation is poor bec..

Rationale for prescription, and effectiveness of, upper limb orthotic intervention for children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review

Simon Garbellini, Yvette Robert, Melinda Randall, Catherine Elliott, Christine Imms

2018-01-01

PURPOSE: To explore (i) reasons for upper limb orthosis prescription for children with cerebral palsy (CP), (ii) the link between ..

Minimising impairment: Protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial of upper limb orthoses for children with cerebral palsy

Christine Imms, Margaret Wallen, Catherine Elliott, Brian Hoare, Melinda Randall, Susan Greaves, Brooke Adair, Elizabeth Bradshaw, Rob Carter, Francesca Orsini, Sophy TF Shih, Dinah Reddihough

2016-05-27

BACKGROUND: Upper limb orthoses are frequently prescribed for children with cerebral palsy (CP) who have muscle overactivity predo..

Cerebral palsy

H Kerr Graham, Peter Rosenbaum, Nigel Paneth, Bernard Dan, Jean-Pierre Lin, Diane L Damiano, Jules G Becher, Deborah Gaebler-Spira, Allan Colver, DinahS Reddihough, Kylie E Crompton, Richard L Lieber

2016-01-07

Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of childhood-onset, lifelong physical disability in most countries, affecting about 1 in 5..

Improving allied health professionals' research implementation behaviours for children with cerebral palsy: protocol for a before-after study

Christine Imms, Iona Novak, Claire Kerr, Nora Shields, Melinda Randall, Adrienne Harvey, H Kerr Graham, Dinah Reddihough

2015-02-06

BACKGROUND: Cerebral palsy is a permanent disorder of posture and movement caused by disturbances in the developing brain. It affe..