ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Early Diagnosis and Classification of Cerebral Palsy: An Historical Perspective and Barriers to an Early Diagnosis.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05139758 (Correlation Between Anthropometric Measurements And Balance IN Children With Cerebral Palsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Correlation Between Anthropometric Measurements And Balance IN Children With Cerebral Palsy
Who cites it
60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The 5000 Babies Project: Early detection of cerebral palsy movement patterns in infants.Research square · 2026Article
- Early neurological and developmental trajectories of infants at high risk of cerebral palsy in Bangladesh: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Early cerebral palsy risk screening through wearable accelerometry in infants under nine weeks.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A Retrospective Study of High-Risk Infants: Insights From a Regional Hospital in Victoria, Australia.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2026Article
- Implementation of an innovative virtual selective screening program for early detection of cerebral palsy in British Columbia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Development of an evidence-based knowledge translation intervention to promote behavioral change in cerebral palsy diagnosis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Early intervention guidelines for infants at risk of neurodevelopmental delay using traditional childcare practices from India.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Interdisciplinary Assessment of Premature Newborns and Their Families in a Hospital Setting in Medellín, Colombia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genetic testing in cerebral palsy with clinical and neuroimaging variables.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Article
- Perceptions of occupational therapists and physiotherapists of early intervention therapy services for infants with or at risk of cerebral palsy: A qualitative interview study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- The screening Hand Assessment for Infants: Feasibility, validity, and reliability based on parents' recordings.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Observational
- Investigating Pediatricians' Practice, Knowledge, and Barriers in Diagnosing Cerebral Palsy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Towards universal early screening for cerebral palsy: a roadmap for automated General Movements Assessment.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
- The Pathway Is Clear but the Road Remains Unpaved: A Scoping Review of Implementation of Tools for Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- 'Feeling like you can't do anything because you don't know where to start'-Parents' Perspectives of Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Early Detection for Children at Risk of Cerebral Palsy.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
- A new care pathway for the diagnosis of cerebral palsy among community pediatricians.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Physiotherapy for Improving Participation, Gross Motor Function, Gait and Balance in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Since the 1800s, there have been calls in the literature for the early diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP). However, diagnosis still often occurs late, from 12 to 24 months in high income countries and as late as 5 years in low resource settings. This is after the optimal timeframe for applying interventions which could harness neuroplastic potential in the developing brain. Multiple barriers exist which affect clinicians' confidence in diagnosing CP early. These range from the lack of definitive biomarkers to a lack of curative treatments for CP. Further barriers to diagnosis are proposed including; (a) difficulty finding a congruent fit with the definition of CP in an infant, where expected activity limitations might not yet be apparent; and (b) differences in the presentation of motor type and topography classifications between infants and children. These barriers may affect a clinicians' confidence using "pattern recognition" in the differential diagnosis process. One of the central tenets of this paper is that diagnosis and classification are different, involving different instruments, and are more accurately conducted separately in infants, whereas they are fundamentally interconnected in older children and inform therapeutic decisions. Furthermore, we need to be careful not to delay early diagnosis because of the low reliability of early classification, but instead uncouple these two processes. Ongoing implementation of best practice for early detection requires creative solutions which might include universal screening for CP. Implementation and accompanying knowledge translation studies are underway to decrease the average age of diagnosis in CP.
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