Intervention with hand orthosis: experience from boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and their parents.

Purpose: To identify and describe possible ways of experiencing an intervention with hand orthoses in a study group including boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their parents. To capture the experiences of the persons directly involved as well as their family members.

Material And Methods: Eight boys with DMD (aged 8-21; median age 17.

Arm Muscle Strength in Children with Bilateral Spastic CP.

Aims: To assess arm-muscle strength related to motor function in children with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy, 5-15 years old.

Methods: Muscle strength was measured for shoulder abductors, elbow extensors and flexors, wrist extensors, and grip strength. The children were grouped according to the Manual Ability Classification Scale (MACS).

Managing to learn bimanual activities - experiences from children and adolescents with cerebral palsy - a qualitative analysis.

Purpose: Children and adolescents with cerebral palsy often have impaired hand function. This makes it difficult for them to deal with everyday activities. The aim of the study was to explore the experiences of children and adolescents with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy when it comes to learning and dealing with activities requiring bimanual use.

Long-term effects of repeated botulinum neurotoxin A, bimanual training, and splinting in young children with cerebral palsy.

Aim: To investigate long-term development of hand function after repeated botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) and occupational therapy at a young age.

Method: Twenty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) (14 males, six females; median inclusion age 3y 1mo, range 1y 11mo-4y 3mo) participated in this longitudinal study. Ten children received occupational therapy after a randomized controlled trial and 10 repeated BoNT-A plus occupational therapy during 1-year.

How children with cerebral palsy master bimanual activities from a parental perspective.

Background: During childhood, children learn the daily life activities they want and need to do. Children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy often have difficulties performing activities requiring two hands.

Aim: To describe parental reasoning on how children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy learn to master the performance of bimanual activities in everyday life.

Botulinum toxin A injections and occupational therapy in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To investigate the effects of repeated botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) injections combined with occupational therapy, including a splint, compared with occupational therapy alone on hand function in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), in all International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) domains.

Method: This was a randomized controlled study, population-based and evaluator-blinded for primary outcome (October 2004 to September 2010). Twenty children (14 males; median age 3y 1mo) with USCP, recruited at a rehabilitation centre in Sweden, were assigned to one of two parallel groups using concealed allocation.