This research is designed to look at any additional benefit that may occur when Botox injections are combined with specific occupational therapy exercises and with a device that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) to help improve muscle function after stroke.
Abnormal Executive function (EF) profile was considered a major characteristic of Attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, and is frequently implicated in Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) children as well. This study is to characterize the profile of executive functions and eye movements in several populations of children with developmental disabilities.
Study to determine if hormone replacement in TBI patients with documented abnormalities in the GH, thyroid, or cortisol axis will improve muscle function, body composition, aerobic capacity (GH) and tests of neuropsychologic function (GH, thyroid, cortisol).
CCSI consortium on Cognitive Science Instruction - Neurons, Synapses, action Potentials, and Neurotransmission - Function of neurons - The central nervous system CNS, Neuron basic information, Function and description
Information on ongoing study being sponsored by Shriners Hospitals for Children. Study is currently recruiting participants to develop an analysis method for the use of Wavelet Analysis of Electromyography (EMG) in Cerebral Palsy to evaluate motor function in children with cerebral palsy
FES is a form of treatment with a device to aid movement in people who have had damage to their brain or spinal cord. Small electrical impulses are used to excite and stimulate the nerves that supply paralyzed muscles. This research will look at any additional benefit that may occur when Botox injections are combined with specific occupational therapy exercises and with a device that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) to help improve muscle function
F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. The Kirby Center supports both a central technology support staff and affiliated research scientists. Together they provide training and research advice for all aspects of the Center's imaging technologies. Research resource where imaging scientists, neuroscientists, and clinicians collaborate to study brain Function.
Observational study tests the feasibility of enrolling subjects and obtaining an amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) within the first 72 hours of life, a second aEEG recording between 72-168 hours of life, and weekly thereafter up to 36 weeks post-menstrual age. It will enroll 85-100 infants between 401-1,000 grams birth weight OR between 23 0/7 and 28 6/7 weeks gestational age born at the 7 participating NICHD Neonatal Research Network sites.
Oxfordjouornals.org - Brain - A review of differences between basal ganglia and cerebellar control of movements as revealed by functional imaging studies.
Oxford Journal Abstract of study assessing how pain and fatigue, independently or in combination, relate to school functioning in pediatric cerebral palsy (CP).
National Institutes of Halth Clinic Center study to: 1) characterize and compare lower extremity motor coordination in children with cerebral palsy (CP) across mobility levels and to children without CP; and 2) evaluate the effects of two home-based exercise programs on motor coordination, as well as other physical, functional and neurological outcomes in children with CP
Planned study to evaluate the impact of a possible new treatment for hypertonia, contributing to the motor disability in children with cerebral palsy (CP)."
NINDS sponsored study will examine how the areas in the brain are connected when they are controlling two finger movements at the same time. Study will examine how people use what they see to help guide two different movements. Studying will further examine the connectivity between the homologous motor areas of the two hemispheres, and between prefrontal cortex and parietal cortex, to understand sensorimotor integration processes during competitive and cooperative dual tasks.
Completed study sponsored by Fortaleza Univerity with the purpose of describing functional endoscopic evaluation of swallowing findings in children with cerebral palsy.
Shriners Hospitals for Children study to evaluate the use of unilateral or bilateral VEPTR devices, with or without expansion thoracoplasty, for preventing further progression of the Cobb angle, allowing for spinal growth and improving pulmonary function in the treatment of children with progressive scoliosis without rib abnormalities