Research Summit III Proceedings on Dosing in Children With an Injured Brain or Cerebral Palsy: Executive Summary

Comparative Effectiveness Research and Children With Cerebral Palsy

“…5 The team members invited "experts" to participate in the Delphi survey and a face-to-face "consensus conference." Experts had the ability to discuss outcome assessment use, issues concerning feasibility, logistics, information management, and multicenter research.…”

“…2 Identifying patterns of rehabilitation service utilization for children with CP associated with positive clinical and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) is a national priority. 4,5 Decision making for individuals with CP, families, and providers can be enhanced with information on the effect of mutable and immutable characteristics of the child, family, and environment on outcomes. 6 Comparative effectiveness research (CER) identifies the optimal interventions to match patients' needs in specific circumstances.…”

Effects of a Group-Based Treadmill Program on Children With Neurodevelopmental Impairment Who Are Not Yet Ambulating

“…15 Additional clinical benefits of upright locomotion in early childhood are osteoblast formation for optimal bone mineral density later in life. 16 Furthermore, the benefits of walking for obesity prevention and positive effects on the cardiopulmonary system cannot be undervalued. [17][18][19] Finally, the vast majority of parents of young children with developmental disability rate the achievement of walking as the primary goal for their child.…”

The right ingredients in suit therapy?

“…2 The GMA, traditionally implemented in Europe, is gaining momentum in other countries, including Australia, with increasing numbers of certification courses run on a regular basis by the General Movements Trust. Repeated studies have shown the GMA to be predictive of later neurological outcome, particularly cerebral palsy (CP), 3 with sensitivity and specificity rates that surpass those of traditional neurological assessment or magnetic resonance imaging. 1 This data from Einspieler et al 4 adds to this knowledge by applying an important concept, namely optimality.…”

“…3 The article by Martins et al 1 does not address child and family perspectives, cost-effectiveness, or tolerance. Christy et al 4 report that parents and therapists perceive an intense model of therapy as difficult, time-consuming, and causing fatigue.…”