CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (CRE) IN CEREBRAL PALSY

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 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 ..

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..

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..

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..