Publications by authors named "A Gerritsen"
Inborn errors of metabolism constitute a set of hereditary diseases that impose severe medical and physical challenges in the affected individual, in particular, for the pediatric patient population. Timely diagnosis is crucial for these patients, as any delay could result in irreversible health damage, underscoring the importance of early initiation of personalized treatment. Current routine diagnostic screening for inborn errors of metabolism relies on various targeted analyses of established biomarkers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParkinson's disease (PD) has a long, heterogeneous, pre-diagnostic phase, during which pathology insidiously accumulates. Increasing evidence suggests that environmental and lifestyle factors in early life contribute to disease risk and progression. Thanks to the extensive study of this pre-diagnostic phase, the first prevention trials of PD are being designed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Exploring the temporal and bi-directional relationship between device-based measures of physical activity and sleep in ambulatory children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Materials And Methods: 24-hour activity data were collected from children with CP ( = 51, 43% girls, mean age (range); 6.8 (3-12) years; Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I to III).
Context: Globally, 1 in 3 children under 5 years is undernourished or overweight, and 1 in 2 suffers from hidden hunger due to nutrient deficiencies. As children spend a considerable time at school, school-based policies that aim to improve children's dietary intake may help address this double burden of malnutrition.
Objective: This systematic review aimed to assess the effects of implementing policies or interventions that influence the school food environment on children's health and nonhealth outcomes.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore how subjective sleep assessments (like sleep diaries) compare to device-based measurements (like actigraphy and bed sensors) in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
- Researchers monitored the sleep of 38 children with CP over 7 nights, finding that while most sleep parameters showed poor agreement, total time in bed had satisfactory agreement between different methods.
- The findings suggest that combining subjective and objective sleep measurements is important for understanding sleep in children with CP, highlighting the need for further research on the effectiveness of bed sensors in this population.