Effect of a Rehabilitation Program Including Home-Based Vibration-Assisted Therapy on Gait Parameters in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of a rehabilitation program combined with a home-based vibration-assisted therapy on gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

Methods: In a retrospective study, 180 children, 101 boys and 79 girls, (mean age 7.2 ± 3.

Multivariable reference centiles for maximum grip strength in childhood to young adults.

Objectives: Maximum grip strength (mGS) is a useful predictor of health-related outcomes in children and adults. The aim of the study was to generate sex- and age-adjusted reference centiles for mGS for children, adolescents and young adults, while adjusting for body height and body mass index (BMI).

Methods: A retrospective analysis of longitudinal data from children and young adults participating in the DOrtmund Nutritional and Anthropometric Longitudinally Designed (DONALD) study (single center, open cohort study) from 2004 to 2022 was conducted.

Vibration assisted rehabilitation in patients with Pompe disease: A case series.

The results of three cases with infantile-onset Pompe disease participating in a rehabilitation program with home-based vibration training will be presented. In this retrospective observational case study, the cases participated in the neuromuscular training program "Auf die Beine", which combines two blocks of intensive, goal directed training with 6 months of home-based whole body vibration (WBV). Assessments by the means of a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and grip strength were applied at multiple points throughout the program.

Artificial intelligence to improve efficiency of administration of gross motor function assessment in children with cerebral palsy.

Aim: To create a reduced version of the 66-item Gross Motor Function Measure (rGMFM-66) using innovative artificial intelligence methods to improve efficiency of administration of the GMFM-66.

Method: This study was undertaken using information from an existing data set of children with cerebral palsy participating in a rehabilitation programme. Different self-learning approaches (random forest, support vector machine [SVM], and artificial neural network) were evaluated to estimate the GMFM-66 score with the fewest possible test items.

Effect of Long-Term Repeated Interval Rehabilitation on the Gross Motor Function Measure in Children with Cerebral Palsy.

Background: The efficacy of interventions for cerebral palsy (CP) has been frequently investigated with inconclusive results and motor function measured by the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM-66) is common.

Objective: In this observational analysis, we quantify the GMFM-66 change scores of the second and third year of a multimodal rehabilitation program (interval rehabilitation including home-based, vibration-assisted training) in children with CP.

Methods: The study was a retrospective analysis of children with CP (2-13 years) participating for a second ( = 262) and third year ( = 86) in the rehabilitation program with GMFM-66 scores at start (M0), after 4 months (M4) of intensive training, and after 8 months of follow-up (M12).