Muscle morphology of the lower leg in ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy.

Introduction: In this study we aimed to determine the lower limb morphological characteristics of skeletal muscle of ambulant children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing (TD) children.

Methods: Seventeen children with spastic diplegic CP (10 boys and 7 girls, 5-12 years of age, Gross Motor Function Classification System [GMFCS] level I or II) and 19 TD children (8 boys and 11 girls, 5-11 years of age) underwent lower limb T1-weighted MRI. Morphological characteristics of the triceps surae, including muscle volume, anatomical cross-sectional area, muscle length, and subcutaneous adipose tissue, were digitally quantified, and the proportional distribution calculated.

Does muscle size matter? The relationship between muscle size and strength in children with cerebral palsy.

Purpose: To investigate the muscle size-strength relationship of the knee flexors and extensors in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP) in relation to typically developing children (TD).

Methods: Eighteen children with spastic Diplegia, Gross Motor Function Classification System I-III (mean 7 y 5 mo SD 1 y 7 mo) and 19 TD children (mean 7 y 6 mo SD 1 y 9 mo) participated. Muscle volume (MV) and anatomical cross-sectional area (aCSA) were assessed using MRI.

Gallbladder polyposis in metachromatic leukodystrophy.

Gallbladder polyposis is a rare entity that can be associated with conditions such as metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), but the literature is sparse. We present a child with gallbladder polyposis who was diagnosed with MLD 15 months later despite normal neuroimaging and clinical examination initially.

Childhood muscle morphology and strength: alterations over six months of growth.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to establish the nature and stability of the strength-size relationship for the knee flexors and extensors across a 6-month period of childhood growth.

Methods: Nineteen typically developing children aged 5-11 years underwent lower limb magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and dynamometry strength assessments on 2 occasions, 6 months apart. Muscle volume (MV) and maximum anatomical cross-sectional area (aCSA) for the knee flexors and extensors were determined using MRI analysis software.

Comparison of multidetector CT and barium studies of the small bowel: inflammatory bowel disease in children.

Objective: We compared barium studies of the small bowel with multidetector CT (MDCT) in the evaluation of the small bowel during the initial presentation of inflammatory bowel disease in a pediatric population.

Subjects And Methods: This was a prospective study. Eighteen children undergoing workup for inflammatory bowel disease underwent MDCT, colonoscopy, and barium studies of the small bowel before commencement of therapy.