A continuum of balance performance between children with developmental coordination disorder, spastic cerebral palsy, and typical development.

Background: Balance deficits are one of the most common impairments in developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and cerebral palsy (CP), with shared characteristics between both groups. However, balance deficits in DCD are very heterogeneous, but unlike in CP, they are poorly understood.

Aim: To unravel the heterogeneity of balance performance in children with DCD by comparing them with CP and typical development (TD).

The effect of acute respiratory demand on postural control: A systematic review.

Background: Postural control can be challenged by breathing.

Research Question: What is the effect of an acute increase in respiratory demand on postural control compared to quiet breathing?

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Electronic databases were systematically searched until October 18, 2022 on studies reporting changes in center of pressure (CoP) motion related to an acute manipulation of respiratory demand compared to quiet breathing during upright standing in healthy participants and/or participants with a clinical condition.

SMART use of medications for the treatment of adolescent severe obesity: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial protocol.

Background: Severe obesity is a complex, chronic disease affecting nearly 9% of adolescents in the U.S. Although the current mainstay of treatment is lifestyle therapy, pediatric clinical practice guidelines recommend the addition of adjunct anti-obesity medication (AOM), such as phentermine and topiramate.

Brain structural and functional connectivity and network organization in cerebral palsy: A scoping review.

Aim: To explore altered structural and functional connectivity and network organization in cerebral palsy (CP), by clinical CP subtype (unilateral spastic, bilateral spastic, dyskinetic, and ataxic CP).

Method: PubMed and Embase databases were systematically searched. Extracted data included clinical characteristics, analyses, outcome measures, and results.

A Mixed-Methods Description of the Home Physical Activity Environments of Racially/Ethnically Diverse and Immigrant/Refugee Children.

Disparities in childhood obesity prevalence by race/ethnicity remain high. Physical activity is an important factor to consider, however little is known about how physical activity resources in the home environment and neighborhood differ by race/ethnicity. This study examines the physical activity environments in the homes and neighborhoods of diverse households using both quantitative and qualitative data.

The measurement of proprioceptive accuracy: A systematic literature review.

Background: Proprioceptive accuracy refers to the individual's ability to perceive proprioceptive information, that is, the information referring to the actual state of the locomotor system, which originates from mechanoreceptors located in various parts of the locomotor system and from tactile receptors located in the skin. Proprioceptive accuracy appears to be an important aspect in the evaluation of sensorimotor functioning; however, no widely accepted standard assessment exists. In this systematic review, our goal was to identify and categorize different methods that are used to assess different aspects of proprioceptive accuracy.

Exergaming improves balance in children with spastic cerebral palsy with low balance performance: results from a multicenter controlled trial.

Purpose: Previous studies investigating the effectiveness of exergame balance-training (using video-games) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) yielded inconsistent results that could be related to underpowered studies. Therefore, in this multicenter intervention study, we investigated whether exergaming improves balance clinically in spastic CP.

Materials And Methods: In total, 35 children with unilateral or bilateral spastic CP (GMFCS-level I-II) were included (age-range: 7-16 years); 16 at VUMC (trial: NTR6034), 19 at UHG (trial: NCT03219112).

VIRUSBreakend: Viral Integration Recognition Using Single Breakends.

Motivation: Integration of viruses into infected host cell DNA can cause DNA damage and disrupt genes. Recent cost reductions and growth of whole genome sequencing has produced a wealth of data in which viral presence and integration detection is possible. While key research and clinically relevant insights can be uncovered, existing software has not achieved widespread adoption, limited in part due to high computational costs, the inability to detect a wide range of viruses, as well as precision and sensitivity.

[Graduates of the Model Study Courses in the Health Professions in North Rhine-Westphalia: Employment Characteristics and Competencies in Professional Practice].

Aim: The aim of this article was to present key results of the graduates' survey VAMOS. The study examined the professional status of the graduates of 12 model study courses in the health professions in North Rhine-Westphalia. The focus of the article was on the employment characteristics of the current main jobs and the application of the academic competencies in everyday professional life.

The head-to-head photodimer of indeno-indene.

Irradiation of 1-(1-benzo-cyclo-butenyl-idene)benzo-cyclo-butene gives indeno-indene and its head-to-head photodimer nona-cyclo-[9.7.7.