Publications by authors named "N Badawi"
Aim: To describe the timing and causes of post-neonatally acquired cerebral palsy (PNN-CP) and map the implementation of relevant preventive strategies against cause-specific temporal trends in prevalence.
Methods: Data for a 1975-2014 birth cohort of children with PNN-CP (brain injury between 28 days and 2 years of age) were drawn from the Victorian and Western Australian CP Registers. Descriptive statistics were used to report causal events and timing.
Cerebral palsy as a childhood-onset neurological disorder caused by both genetic and environmental factors.
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med
November 2024
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a clinical term used to describe a spectrum of movement and posture disorders resulting from non-progressive disturbances in the developing fetal brain. The clinical diagnosis of CP does not include pathological or aetiological defining features, therefore both genetic and environmental causal pathways are encompassed under the CP diagnostic umbrella. In this review, we explore several genetic causal pathways, including both monogenic and polygenic risks, and present evidence supporting the multifactorial contributions to CP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine recent changes in the birth prevalence of cerebral palsy in Australia; to examine the functional mobility of children with cerebral palsy by residential remoteness.
Study Design: Population-based register study; analysis of Australian Cerebral Palsy Register (ACPR) data.
Setting, Participants: Children with cerebral palsy born in Australia, 1995-2016, and included in the ACPR at the time of the most recent state/territory data provision (31 July 2022).
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of constraint-induced movement therapy (Baby-CIMT) and bimanual therapy (Baby-BIM) in infants at high risk for unilateral cerebral palsy.
- A total of 96 infants were randomly assigned to either therapy group, with both interventions yielding significant improvements in hand development, though neither was found to be superior to the other.
- Infants starting therapy before 6 months of corrected age showed greater enhancements in hand function compared to those who began later, indicating the importance of early intervention.
Aim: To determine school attendance and its predictors among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in Bangladesh using population-based data.
Method: This study utilized data from the Bangladesh Cerebral Palsy Register (BCPR), a population-based register of children with CP aged less than 18 years in Bangladesh. Sociodemographic, clinical, and educational data were documented, and descriptive statistics and multivariate regression analyses were used to identify potential predictors of school attendance.