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Prevalence of Toe Walking

Pediatrics will be publishing research on toe walking in children.  A recent study looked at almost 1500 five and half year old children from Sweden.  For children with a diagnosis of developmental delay or neuropsychiatric disorders, such as an autism spectrum disorder, more than 40 percent of children were currently or had been toe-walkers. The […]

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Long Term Functional Outcomes After SDR

Long term follow up data was analyzed pre-operatively, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years and 15 years from 102 patients with spastic cerebral palsy who had a selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR).  The results indicated the following: statistically significant improvements seen in spasticity, Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), activities of daily living up to 10 and […]

Playground Grants

Does your school need a new playground or updates to their current playground?  KaBOOM has partnered with Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Disney and others to offer several different grant opportunities.  You can apply for a brand new playground, maintain a current playground, complete a playground and more depending upon what state you live in.  You can […]

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Bladder Function and Cerebral Palsy

A retrospective study of 214 individuals (96 females and 118 males, ranging in age from 5-66 years old with a median age 9 years 7 months) with cerebral palsy was completed to determine the prevalence of symptomatic neurogenic bladder. The participants had hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia and dyskinesia. Educational levels ranged from full special education to […]

Daily Reports Improve Productivity

A recent study indicated that providing students with daily report cards on their progress was beneficial.  Sixty three elementary students, mostly white male with ADHD, received daily reports and a control group did not receive daily reports.  Significant improvements where seen in productivity and following the classroom rules in the group that received the daily […]

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Pencil Grasp and Handwriting

The Australian Occupational Therapy Journal published research on the effect of pencil grasp on handwriting speed and legibility in 120 fourth grade students after a 10 minute copy task.  A standardized handwriting assessment was completed before and after a 10 minute copy task by typically developing students and students with handwriting issues. The results indicated […]