Prolonged duration of post-traumatic amnesia: A sensitive classification for predicting cognitive outcomes in children recovering from traumatic brain injury.

Objective: A paucity of data exists regarding the duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) as a predictor of cognitive functioning among children after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study aimed to assess the relationship between PTA duration and areas of neurocognitive function among the pediatric population in the sub-acute phase of recovery and rehabilitation.

Methods: Data were collected from medical files on 103 children aged 5.

Online Awareness among Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings following Performance of Motor, Cognitive and Functional Tasks.

Online awareness is an ongoing ability to monitor performance within the stream of action. It involves the ability to detect errors during actual performance, as well as to potential problems. This preliminary within-subject study aimed to evaluate emergent and anticipatory online awareness among adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) during performance of motor, cognitive and functional tasks.

Growing up with Bilateral parieto-occipital injury: over ten years of clinical observation and neuropsychological follow-up.

This paper presents a follow-up of a child with Balint's syndrome over more than a decade. The patient experienced traumatic brain injury before age 12, resulting in bilateral occipito-parietal infarctions and a clinical presentation of Balint's syndrome. Neuropsychological assessments at three time points showed average verbal abilities alongside persistent difficulties in visual orientation, mirrored in the patient's daily life.

Despite dystonia: natural history of delayed-onset pediatric secondary dystonia.

: Dystonia is a movement disorder involving involuntary movements and/or postures of the limbs, trunk, neck or face. Secondary dystonia following brain injury is uncommon, with unfavorable long-term consequences. Given the limited evidence regarding pediatric secondary dystonia, this study's aim was to document the natural history of the condition and the effect of interventions on its symptomatology.

Functional Plasticity in the Absence of Structural Change.

This work presents a case of a young woman with apraxia and a severe body scheme disorder, 10 years after a childhood frontal and occipitoparietal brain injury. Despite specific limitations, she is independent in performing all activities of daily living. A battery of tests was administered to evaluate praxis and body representations.

Comparing memory and meta-memory abilities between children with acquired brain injury and healthy peers.

This study compared visual memory and meta-memory abilities of children with ABI to that of healthy peers. Participants included 16 children (aged 13.55 ± 3.

Discrepancies between mothers and clinicians in assessing functional capabilities and performance of children with cerebral palsy.

The current study is a cross-sectional study that aimed to investigate the concordance between health care professionals (HCPs) and mothers in rating capabilities and performance of children with cerebral palsy (CP), and the impact of CP gross motor severity on concordance. Seventy-three children with mild-to-severe CP (mean age 8.8 ± 2.

Reliability and validity of Hebrew Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) in children with cerebral palsy -- health care professionals vs. mothers.

Aim: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the PEDI in Hebrew (PEDI-H) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) using health care professionals' (HCP) and mothers' evaluations.

Methods: The sample comprised 73 participants (40 males, 33 females) with CP. Two modes of PEDI-H administration were used: interview of the mothers by a social worker and HCP evaluation.