Smartphone measures motor and respiratory function in spinal muscular atrophy.

Investigating and following the motor function in children with SMA is challenging. In this issue of Neuromuscular Disorders, Perumal et al. (2023) describes how the smartphone sensor can be used to assess the respiratory and upper limb function in comparison to physical outcome measures currently in use.

Sleep and social-emotional problems in preschool-age children with developmental delay.

Sleep problems and social-emotional (SE) problems are common in preschooler children and may be affected by culture. However, little is known about the link between sleep and social-emotional problems in non-Western countries. This study aims to compare sleep problems and their association with SE problems in Turkish children with either typical development (TD) or neurodevelopmental delay (NDD).

Concurrence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and primary demyelinating disease in a young child.

Case Report: The association of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and primary demyelinating disease of central nervous system (CNS) in the same patient is rare. Here we present a 10-year-old girl formerly diagnosed with JIA who presented with acute total vision loss. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spinal cord showed bilateral optic neuritis and T2 hyperintense lesions in the brain, cerebellum and cervical spinal cord, some of them gadolinium-enhancing.