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SEMINARS IN PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 106-115出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2013.06.011
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- Women and Children's Health Research Institute
- Provost's Office, University of Alberta
- Alberta Innovates [201200830] Funding Source: researchfish
The objective of this paper is to (1) identify from the literature a potential critical period for the maturation of the corticospinal tract (CST) and (2) report pilot data on an intensive, activity-based therapy applied during this period, in children with lesions to the CST. The best estimate of the CST critical period for the legs is when the child is younger than 2 years of age. Previous interventions for walking in children with CST damage were mainly applied after this age. Our preliminary results with training children younger than 2 years showed improvements in walking that exceeded all previous reports. Further, we refined techniques for measuring motor and sensory pathways to and from the legs, so that changes can be measured at this young age. Previous activity-based therapies may have been applied too late in development. A randomized controlled trial is now underway to determine if intensive leg therapy improves the outcome of children with early stroke. Semin Pediatr Neurol 20:106-115 (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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