This shared care model introduced occupational therapists (OT) into primary care offices to assist with the identification, diagnosis and management of DCD.
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An Update On The Use Of Virtual Reality Technology To Improve Movement In Children With Physical Impairments
The use of virtual reality technology as a rehabilitation intervention to improve or remediate children’s movement skills is being explored in clinical practice and research.
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Use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System to Optimize Rehabilitation Management of Children with Cerebral Palsy
The GMFCS is a standardized system to classify gross motor function of children with CP aged 12 months to 12 years based on observation of a child’s self-initiated movement and need for assistive technology and/or wheeled mobility.
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Sleep Issues Among Children with Cerebral Palsy
Sleep issues are very common throughout infancy, childhood, and pre-adolescence. Studies estimate that sleep disturbances vary from 5% to 40% among all children.
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CP-NET Meet the Expert: Transition
Dr. Elaine Biddiss and Dr. Anna McCormick answered questions about the CP-NET neurotechnology platform and a video game (Bootle Blast) that they developed to track the movement of children with cerebral palsy.
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Serial Casting in the Upper Extremity of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Serial casting is an intervention practice that is becoming more commonly used in occupational therapy (OT) practice, in addition to other treatment modalities/protocols for children with cerebral palsy to manage spasticity and related contractures.
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Ontario Motor Growth Study
The Ontario Motor Growth Study was a longitudinal study designed to chart the gross motor progress of a randomly selected sample of over 650 Ontario children with cerebral palsy.
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“My child doesn’t have a brain injury, he only has a concussion”
The term concussion is frequently used to describe head injuries in children but there is a lack of agreement about how this term is defined.
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion) Education
n collaboration with the College of Family physicians and the Provincial MTBI Strategy, the team will work to develop and evaluate user-friendly materials that help physicians in: identification of MTBI; recommendations for return to activity and school; referral guidelines for further services, specifically for children/youth in their practice.
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Establishing Valid Criteria for Classification of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
What are the criteria that distinguish children with a MTBI from those with moderate and severe injuries?
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