{"title":"Commentary on \"Infant Motor Milestones: Analysis of Content and Variability Among Popular Sources for Parents\".","authors":"Lin-Ya Hsu, Brooke Fitterer","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revision of the Essential Core Competencies: Domains of Competence for Pediatric Physical Therapy Professional Education: Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naomi J Aldrich, Lisa K Kenyon, Rachel Lambert, Kristen Marsman, Malorie Vasseur, Bethany Sloane, Samuel W Logan, Heather A Feldner
{"title":"Quantifying Parental Perceptions of Their Experiences With Their Young Children's Use of Power Mobility Devices.","authors":"Naomi J Aldrich, Lisa K Kenyon, Rachel Lambert, Kristen Marsman, Malorie Vasseur, Bethany Sloane, Samuel W Logan, Heather A Feldner","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001158","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To quantify and explore parental perceptions of their experiences with their child's use of the Explorer Mini (EM) and a modified ride-on car (mROC) in young children with cerebral palsy.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were gathered throughout a multisite, randomized, counterbalanced AB crossover 16-week clinical trial, wherein all participants used device A (EM) and device B (mROC) for 8-weeks each. Semistructured parent interviews were conducted at baseline (T0), post-intervention period 1 (T1), and post-intervention period 2 (T2). The Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count program was used to objectively analyze the transcribed interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-four child-parent dyads participated in the study. Parental perceptions were related to children's gross motor abilities, cognitive development scores, and device use order (EM-mROC or mROC-EM).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Parents were positive about a potential means of helping their children. While most preferred the EM, opinions were contingent on the PM device, device use order, and child-centered factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"46-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feasibility of a Home-Based Developmental Behavioral Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Underserved Taiwanese Families.","authors":"Pou-Leng Cheong, Yen-Tzu Wu, Chia-Wei Lin, Fang-Yi Huang, Yi-Ling Pan, Hsiao-I Kuo, Jia-Ling Sun, Cheng-Yi Huang","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001162","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to investigate the feasibility of the home-based parent- mediated intervention Naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (HB-NDBI) in underserved Taiwanese families of children with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and explore its effects on children's developmental skills and parents' parenting stress.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>24 underserved Taiwanese families of children with ASD (mean age = 46.5 months) received 12-week HB-NDBI programs. Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS-2), Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1.5-5), and Parenting Stress Index (PSI) were administered before and after the HB-NDBI programs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following the HB-NDBI programs, significant improvements in social cognition, social communication subscales, receptive language subscale, internalizing, externalizing, and total behavioral problems scales of children, and release of parenting stress were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrated the feasibility of home-based parent-mediated intervention for underserved families in Taiwan. These promising results might facilitate the development of such interventions for underserved families.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"80-89"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142523377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts of the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Platform Presentations at the Combined Sections Meeting.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001174","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"116-123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Commentary on \"Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Improving Function in Cerebral Palsy: Development of a Fidelity Tool\".","authors":"Suci Nazier, Idil Ali, Jill Heathcock","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Greve, Amy F Bailes, Nanhua Zhang, Jason Long, Bruce Aronow, Alexis Mitelpunkt
{"title":"Physical Therapy Dose After Orthopedic Multilevel Surgery Varies by Ambulatory Status in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Kelly Greve, Amy F Bailes, Nanhua Zhang, Jason Long, Bruce Aronow, Alexis Mitelpunkt","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001153","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To characterize physical therapy (PT) dose for children with cerebral palsy (CP) after multi-level surgery (MLS) and examine variation by ambulatory status and surgical burden.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PT dose (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type) data were extracted from electronic records of children with CP who received outpatient PT the year after MLS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventeen children, mean 9 years, female (n=10), ambulatory (n=10), and high surgical burden (n=12) were included. In the year after surgery, 345 visits occurred. Intensity across visits was above average. Time was greatest for pre-functional activities, gait, and transitions/transfers. Types most often delivered were neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and education/training. Ambulatory children received significantly more visits, higher intensity, and time in pre-functional activities and gait than non-ambulatory children. No differences in type by ambulatory status and PT dose by surgical burden were found.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PT dose varied the first year after MLS indicating the need for guidelines by ambulatory status.</p><p><strong>Video abstract: </strong>Supplemental Digital Content available at: http://links.lww.com/PPT/A516.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"37-44"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megha Sanjiv, Martha H Bloyer, Cheryl Gimenez, James G Moore
{"title":"High-Intensity Gait Training Intervention for Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Case Series.","authors":"Megha Sanjiv, Martha H Bloyer, Cheryl Gimenez, James G Moore","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001163","DOIUrl":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this pilot case series was to describe participation in high-intensity gait training (HIGT) and changes in (1) gait speed/endurance, (2) aerobic capacity, and (3) walking ability in children diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three children with CP participated in HIGT for 5weeks in lieu of their routine physical therapy. Outcome measures were collected at baseline and post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Post-intervention, all had at or above the minimal clinically important difference for 10-m walk test speed and 6-minute walk test distance. Two participants performed above the minimal clinically important difference in 7.5-m shuttle run test level and Gross Motor Function Measure-88 Dimension E score.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This case series demonstrates short-term improvements in the walking outcome measures with participation in HIGT. Further research is needed with a larger and more diverse randomized controlled trial to determine parameters and long-term effects of HIGT in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":" ","pages":"109-115"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142511143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roslyn W Livingstone, Ginny S Paleg, Diana C Erickson
{"title":"Commentary on \"Quantifying Parental Perceptions of Their Experiences With Their Young Children's Use of Power Mobility Devices\".","authors":"Roslyn W Livingstone, Ginny S Paleg, Diana C Erickson","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001167","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"37 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142899673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}