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Parents play a significant role in the detection of children with autism spectrum disorder in low resource settings
Author(s) -
D EDIRIWEERA,
K BARKER
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/dmcn.21_13225
Subject(s) - autism spectrum disorder , autism , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , clinical psychology
age and muscle volume for each muscle and t-tests compared the slopes of the regression lines (mL/mo, muscle growth rate), p<0.05. Results: There was a positive linear relationship between age and MG (r=0.81, p<0.001), LG (r=0.78, p<0.001), SOL (r=0.70, p<0.001) and TA (r=0.87, p<0.001). The muscle growth rate (slope) of SOL, 0.76ml/month, was significantly greater than MG, 0.43ml/month (t= 2.12, p=0.038) and LG, 0.36ml/month (t= 2.58, p=0.012). The growth rate of TA, 0.50ml/month, was not different to MG (t= 0.95, p=0.34), LG (t= 1.88, p=0.06) and SOL (t= 1.66, p=0.10). Conclusions/Significance: In this cross-sectional study of independently ambulant children with CP the trajectory of the SOL muscle growth was greater than that of the MG and LG muscles. The interaction of the growth and development of children with CP and the prescribed physiotherapy treatment and lower limb intramuscular botulinum toxin type-A injections may create different growth stimulus for the individual lower leg muscles. Clinically, to promote muscle size and strength, interventions such as progressive resistance training should be strongly considered from an early age in children with CP. Longitudinal studies in large cohorts of children with CP are required to further understand muscle growth.