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A novel SGCE gene mutation causing myoclonus dystonia in a family with an unusual phenotypeKristina Tedroff
Neuropediatric Unit, Department of Women s and Children s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 101:e90-2. 2012..Most often is the myoclonus the most debilitating symptom, and many patients report myoclonus reduction after alcohol intake. In several families, mutations in the SGCE gene have been identified...
Synergistic muscle activation during maximum voluntary contractions in children with and without spastic cerebral palsyKristina Tedroff
Neuropaediatric Unit, Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 48:789-96. 2006..Greater understanding of muscle recruitment patterns under a variety of tasks may provide new directions for motor control retraining or other forms of intervention...
Does loss of spasticity matter? A 10-year follow-up after selective dorsal rhizotomy in cerebral palsyKristina Tedroff
Neuropediatric Unit, Department of Women s and Children s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 53:724-9. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) in children with cerebral palsy (CP)...
Botulinum toxin A treatment in toddlers with cerebral palsyK Tedroff
Neuropediatric Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Paediatr 99:1156-62. 2010..In this study the aim was to evaluate the effect of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) treatment on muscle tone, contracture development and gait pattern in young children with cerebral palsy (CP)...
Long-term effects of botulinum toxin A in children with cerebral palsyKristina Tedroff
Neuropediatric Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, S 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 51:120-7. 2009..The dissociation between the effects on muscle tone and ROM indicates that development of contractures is not coupled to increased muscle tone only, but might be caused by other mechanisms...
Co-activity during maximum voluntary contraction: a study of four lower-extremity muscles in children with and without cerebral palsyKristina Tedroff
Neuropediatric Unit, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:377-81. 2008..This was particularly true when VL, MH, or LG muscles were engaged in MVIC. These findings may contribute to the weakness and abnormal movement patterns seen in CP, and they have implications for treatment...
Hand function in relation to brain lesions and corticomotor-projection pattern in children with unilateral cerebral palsyLinda Holmström
Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Dev Med Child Neurol 52:145-52. 2010..To investigate relationships between hand function, brain lesions, and corticomotor projections in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP)...
Neuropsychiatric symptoms and problems among children with idiopathic toe-walkingPähr Engström
Department of Women s and Children s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Pediatr Orthop 32:848-52. 2012..The diagnosis is a diagnosis of exclusion. The aim of this study was to elucidate the occurrence of neuropsychiatric symptoms among 5- to 13-year-old children with ITW...
The prevalence and course of idiopathic toe-walking in 5-year-old childrenPähr Engström
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Astrid Lindgren Children s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Pediatrics 130:279-84. 2012..Children walking on their toes instead of with a typical gait, without evidence of an underlying medical condition, are defined as idiopathic toe-walkers. The prevalence of idiopathic toe-walking is unknown...
European consensus table 2006 on botulinum toxin for children with cerebral palsyFlorian Heinen
Department of Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurology, Dr von Hauner s Children s Hospital, University of Munich, Lindwurmstr 4, D 80337 Munich, Germany
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 10:215-25. 2006..The consensus table summarises the current understanding regarding botulinum toxin treatment options in children with CP...
