We hope that through earlier diagnosis and treatment of muscle weakness during sleep, we can prevent future lung failure in children with neuromuscular disorders. ...

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ID and/or ASD were found to be associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation compared with the remainder of the population. ...

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• 2013
• February 2013

The aim of this study was to examine the association between maternal alcohol use disorder and intellectual disability in children. ...

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• 2012
• March 2012

This study aimed to investigate the trajectories over time of health status and health service use in Rett syndrome by mutation... ...

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• 2011
• July 2011

PURPOSE: To develop a consensus statement for the prescription of a Powered Wheelchair Standing Device (PWSD) in young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: An international multidisciplinary panel comprising clinicians and users (young people with DMD) along with their parents was consulted. A literature review was undertaken and a Delphi method was utilised to generate consensus statements. ...

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• 2020
• September 2020

The assessment of sleep biomechanics (comprising movement and position during sleep) is of interest in a wide variety of clinical and research settings. However, there is no standard method by which sleep biomechanics are measured. This study aimed to (1) compare the intra- and inter-rater reliability of the current clinical standard, manually coded overnight videography, and (2) compare sleep position recorded using overnight videography to sleep position recorded using the XSENS DOT wearable sensor platform. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are at higher risk of developing an intellectual disability. However, severity of intellectual disabilities among this group of children are largely unknown. Our objective was to determine the risk of intellectual disability (ID), ID severity, and autism among children with CHDs. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

This study compared strategies of propulsion and power generation at the ankle during late stance/early swing in both walking and running in children with... ...

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• 2014
• September 2014

The deficits associated with intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)place a burden on their co-residing families which may impact... ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

The purpose of this study was to describe qualitatively the experience of parenting for mothers of a child with Down syndrome. ...

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• 2012
• March 2012

This study compared the behavior profile of cases in the Australian Rett Syndrome Database (ARSD) with those in a British study using the Rett Syndrome... ...

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• 2006
• October 2006

Prevalence statistics for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) vary widely across geographical boundaries. Some variation can be explained by diagnostic methods... ...

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• 2011
• February 2011