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Spastic Hypertonia at UAB Traumatic Brain Injury Model System - TBI Inform - Spastic Hypertonia following Traumatic Brain Injury - Definition - Description - Understanding Muscle Tone - Treatment Options and Information

PEDIATRICS - Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatris - Vol. 113, No. 2, 2004. Study assessing Constraint-Induced Movement therapy. Constraint-Induced Movement (CI) therapy has been found to be a promising treatment for substantially increasing the use of extremities affected by such neurologic injuries as stroke and traumatic brain injury in adults. The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of this intervention to young children with cerebral palsy. Study concluded that Pediatric Constraint Induced Therapy produced major and sustained improvement in motoric function in the young children with hemiparesis in the study.

Promotes the health and well-being of people living with a spinal cord injury, mobility impairment and paralysis by providing comprehensive information, resources and referral services.

LiftVest is an attractive cotton denim vest with an attached high-strength webbing harness that supports the body and creates numerous convenient handholds. The patented LiftVest prevents back injuries for caregivers and reduces patient injuries from wheelchair transfers and re-positioning.

Sports and Recreation for All Seasons. Adaptive Adventures has something for everyone. Offers progressive programs for children, teens, adults, as well as service members (active duty and veteran) who have been severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan or other conflicts. Programs cover a wide-range of physical disabilities including people with spinal cord injuries, amputations, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), spina bifida, and visual impairment.

Ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to Evaluate the Effects of a Single Dose of Intravenous Premarin for the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Hundreds of babies in the world are being treated with brain cooling to prevent brain injury after they lose oxygen at birth. This study will use the newly developed information from the magnet resonance image to determine the actual temperature of the brain. This will enable researchers to determine if the brain is being uniformly cooled and if techniques that provide cooling need to be changed to improve the injury prevention from cooling

British Medical Journal Papers - Neonatal risk factors for cerebral palsy in very preterm babies: case-control study

WebMD - Understanding Labor and Delivery Complications - Symptoms

Infant Jaundice at Mayo Clinic - Definition - Symptoms - Treatment - Information

Placenta Abruption - Topic Overview at WebMD - What is Placenta Abruption

WebMd - Cerebral Palsy - What Increases Your Risk

PubMed Abstract - Sensory and motor deficits in children with cerebral palsy born preterm correlate with diffusion tensor imagine abnormalities in thalamocortical pathways. Cerebral palsy (CP) is frequently linked to white matter injury in children born preterm. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a powerful technique providing precise identification of white matter microstructure. We investigated the relationship between DTI-observed thalamocortical (posterior thalamic radiation) injury, motor (corticospinal tract) injury, and sensorimotor function.

PubMed Abstract of study to determine whether hyperoxaemia and/or hypocapnia during the first 2 hours of life add to the risk of brain injury after intrapartum asphyxia"

First and original facility to specialize in the neurologic applications of hyperbaric oxygenation and the potentially recoverable brain, treating stroke, coma, traumatic brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, anoxic encephalopathy and multiple sclerosis patients.

Current ongoing study being conducted to determine whether the plasticity of autologous intrathecal hematopoietic cells would improve the neurologic evolution of the pediatric patients with hypoxic ischemic brain injury.

Study to evaluate where a bedside brainwave monitor can be used to detect early brain injury in premature infants.

Completed observational study assessed whether measurements of certain pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood (either singly or in combination) at birth and/or up to day of life 21 can predict cerebral palsy at 18-22 months corrected age.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study to evaluate the safety of high-dose Erythropoietin (Epo) in infants who did not get enough oxygen during birth. Erythropoietin is a hormone normally found in the body that may protect brain cells from damage due to lack of oxygen.

Pancreatitis is caused by an acute injury on the pancreas. We have recently reported a high rate of acute pancreatitis developing in children who undergo posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis (to correct spinal curve). We showed that the amount of blood loss during the surgery is related to the incidence of pancreatitis