Routines-based early intervention (RBEI) for children with or at risk for developmental delay encourages collaboration between professionals and families to enhance children's participation in family routines with family-selected goals. We conducted the first single-blinded randomized control trial to examine the effectiveness of a 6-month RBEI vs. traditional home visiting (THV), which uses a ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the care needs reported by caregivers of children with disabilities going through the school inclusion process using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory. METHODS Cross-sectional study with 181 children aged 7 to 10 years with physical or mental disabilities, undergoing the inclusion process in Elementary school in 2007. LOCATION 31 schools of the Regional ...

Gait trainers are walking devices that provide additional trunk and pelvic support. The primary population of children using gait trainers includes children with cerebral palsy (CP) functioning at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels IV and V. A recent systematic review found that evidence supporting the effectiveness of gait trainer interventions for children was primarily...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the relation between functional performance skills of children with Down syndrome and the age of entry into mainstream elementary education. METHOD In a cross-sectional study of 70% of the 7-year-old children with Down syndrome in Norway (N = 43), we measured functional performance using the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). The study was ...

A critical need for children with disabilities is to be as independent as possible in daily activities. A challenge for health and community professionals is to describe children’s performance in self-care, mobility, social cognition, and judgment over time. Advances in the statistical analyses of a broad spectrum of items from valid questionnaires allows for the possibility of profiling the im...

En junio 2020, se reportaron casos de Síndrome Inflamatorio Multisistémico Pediátrico asociado a COVID-19 (SIM-C) en Chile, aún desconocen las posibles secuelas. Objetivo: Describir el estado funcional niños con SIM-C ingresados un hospital alta complejidad. Pacientes y Método: Estudio descriptivo, prospectivo. Muestra 28 pacientes. El evaluó en: Hospitalización, primer cuarto mes post alta, co...

BACKGROUND Postural control deficits can impair functional performance in children with cerebral palsy (CP) in daily living activities. OBJECTIVE To verify the relationship between standing static postural control and the functional ability level in children with CP. METHOD The postural control of 10 children with CP (gross motor function levels I and II) was evaluated during static standin...

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy, safety, and compliance of short-term electro-acupuncture for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled, clinical trial. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Children with ASD were randomly assigned to an electro-acupuncture (EA) group (n=30) or a sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) group (n=25) matched by age and severity of a...