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The NICHD Neonatal Research Network's Follow-Up study is a multi-center cohort in which surviving extremely low birth-weight infants born in participating network centers receive neurodevelopmental, neurosensory and functional assessments at 18-22 months corrected age. Data regarding pregnancy and neonatal outcome are collected prospectively. The goal is to identify potential maternal and neonatal risk factors that may affect infant neurodevelopment.

PubMed.gov Study Abstract - Study to identify neonatal risk factors for cerebral palsy among very preterm babies and in particular the associations independent of the coexistence of antenatal and intrapartum factors.

PubMed Abstract of study to identify factors that encourage or inhibit family-centred practice in the occupational therapy intervention process.

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Study to improve understanding of the pathophysiology of movement disorders by performing small behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroimaging substudies. This will allow identifying dysfunction of the central nervous system that causes behavioral abnormalities seen in movement disorder patients.

Completed study sponsored by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center CC to identify clinical signs and symptoms critical for diagnosing swallowing disorders and will characterize swallowing problems in various patient populations, such as patients with Parkinson's disease, stroke, post-polio syndrome, multiple sclerosis and other conditions that cause swallowing abnormalities.