A Review of Current Perspectives on Motoric Insufficiency Rehabilitation following Pediatric Stroke.

Pediatric stroke (PS) is an injury caused by the occlusion or rupture of a blood vessel in the central nervous system (CNS) of children, before or after birth. Hemiparesis is the most common motoric deficit associated with PS in children. Therefore, it is important to emphasize that PS is a significant challenge for rehabilitation, especially since the consequences may also appear during the child's growth and development, reducing functional capacity.

The importance of assessing general motor activity in premature infants for predicting neurological outcomes.

Introduction: Conventional methods of neurological assessment of infants can detect nervous system damage, but also have a weakness, i.e., the inability to make predictions for neurological deficits.

Factors associated with poor self-reported function and quality of life in patients with end-stage knee or hip osteoarthritis immediately prior to total joint arthroplasty.

Introduction: The aim was to evaluate patients' perception of function and physical and mental dimensions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with end-stage knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) immediately prior to surgery and to identify the factors associated with the outcomes.

Material And Methods: The study included 200 patients with end-stage OA (100 knee OA and 100 hip OA patients). Self-reported physical function was assessed using the Oxford Knee Score or Oxford Hip Score.

Endometrial immunocompetent cells in proliferative and secretory phase of normal menstrual cycle.

Background: Menstruation was presented as a result of inflammatory process. The total and relative numbers of the endometrial immunocompetitive cells vary during the different phases of the menstrual cycle. The aim of this morphological study is to make a contribution to understanding different distribution of leukocyte types during proliferative and secretory phase of normal menstrual cycle.

Assessment of general movements and heart rate variability in prediction of neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants.

Background: Adverse neurologic outcome in preterm infants could be associated with abnormal heart rate (HR) characteristics as well as with abnormal general movements (GMs) in the 1st month of life.

Aims: To demonstrate to what extent GMs assessment can predict neurological outcome in preterm infants in our clinical setting; and to assess the clinical usefulness of time-domain indices of heart rate variability (HRV) in improving predictive value of poor repertoire (PR) GMs in writhing period.

Study Design: Qualitative assessment of GMs at 1 and 3 months corrected age; 24h electrocardiography (ECG) recordings and analyzing HRV at 1 month corrected age.

The effects of botulinum toxin type A on improvement and dynamic spastic equinus correction in children with cerebral palsy - preliminary results.

Introduction: We evaluated the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BTA) with physical therapy on dynamic foot equinus correction and higher motor functional outcome in children with spastic type of cerebral palsy (CP).

Material And Methods: Ankle joint active and passive movement, gastrocnemial muscle spasticity levels (Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)), and higher motor functional status (Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) (GMFM-D - standing and GMFM-E - walking) were assessed before treatment and 3, 8, 16 weeks and 6 months after BTA administration in 12 children.

Results: There was a significant improvement of active (initial - (-)13.

[Aquatic exercise in the treatment of children with cerebral palsy].

Introduction: Aquatic exercise is one of the most popular supplementary treatments for children with neuro-motor impairment, especially for cerebral palsy (CP). As water reduces gravity force which increases postural stability, a child with CP exercises more easily in water than on land.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine aquatic exercise effects on gross motor functioning, muscle tone and cardiorespiratory endurance in children with spastic CP.

Correlation of ABO and Rh blood groups with transfusion administration and fever onset after hip surgery in children.

Objective: Aim of our study was to evaluate distribution of ABO and Rh blood type groups in children after hip surgery regarding transfusion administration and fever presence.

Methods: Four types of ABO blood groups (A; B; AB; O) and 2 types of Rh blood groups (Rh+; Rh-) were evaluated in group with administered transfusion (tr+) and without given transfusion (tr-); and in group with fever (fev+) and without fever (fev-), in 146 children after hip surgery. Tr+ and fev+ groups were divided into 3 groups (0-24h; 25-48h; 49-72h): for tr+ group (Group 1, Group 2, Group 3), and for fev+ group (Group A, Group B, Group C).

Estimation of botulinum toxin type A efficacy on spasticity and functional outcome in children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Aim: We evaluated the effects of botulinum toxin type A (BTA) - abobotulinumtoxinA on passive motion resistance (PMR) values of lower limbs affected muscles and on the functional motor status in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: In Group I (28 lower limbs with spastic muscles), and in Group II (14 lower limbs with dynamic spastic equinus) BTA was administered. Physical therapy was prescribed for 16 weeks.

The value of modified DASH questionnaire for evaluation of elbow function after supracondylar fractures in children.

Background/aim: The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) Outcome Questionnaire represents a region-specific instrument for functional outcome measurement of hand function. The aim of the study was to analyse the correlation between the values of modified DASH questionnaire and change of elbow function after supracondylar fracture (SCF) of humerus and to analyse the effects of early rehabilitation.

Methods: The study included 35 schoolaged children with flexion of SCF of humerus without lesion of nerves.

[Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy].

Background/aim: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in childhood. Children have problems with motor functions as a result of limbs spasticity, which leads to severe contractures and limbs deformity. There is a growing interest in the therapeutic role of botulinum toxin type A (BTA) in CP.

[Benign paroxysmal torticollis in infancy].

Background: Benign paroxysmal torticollis (BPT) is an episodic functional disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by the periods of torticollic posturing of the head, that occurs in the early months of life in healthy children.

Case Report: We reported two patients with BPT. In the first patient the symptoms were observed at the age of day 20, and disappeared at the age of 3 years.