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Conditions
Brief summary
This prospective, population based longitudinal study of children, with cerebral palsy, aged 18 months to 5 years will track early motor development and will utilise magnetic resonance imaging to determine the anatomical pattern and likely aetiology and timing of the brain lesion. This will help predict the likely need for, type and timing of interventions(spasticity management, rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgery) and their associated costs, this study will enable more informed resource planning for cerebral palsy in young children for the future.
Interventions
Longitudinal measurement of Gross Motor Function (GMFM 66), Gross motor function classification, motor type, distribution(bilateral, unilateral), brain structure (location, extent, presumed timing of lesion), classification of comorbidities(epilepsy,vision,hearing,health status), musculoskeletal development, participation and relationship between motor prognosis and resource use at 18 months, 2 years, 30 months, 3 years, 4 years and 5 years corrected age.
Sponsors
Professor Roslyn Boyd
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Months to 5 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All children diagnosed with cerebral palsy, born in Victoria between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2005; and in Queensland between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2009. We define cerebral palsy a a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture that attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing foetal or infant brain. The characteristic signs are spasticity, movement disorders, muscle weakness, ataxia and rigidity.
Exclusion criteria
Children with a progressive or neurodegenerative lesion will be excluded from the study.
Outcome results
None listed