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Visual impairment in infants with brain lesions: from early detection to early intervention
Author(s) -
C BAUER,
E BAILIN,
D MAYER,
D WRIGHT,
B KRAN,
L MERABET,
D RICCI,
G BARANELLO,
F GALLINI,
M PETRIANNI,
S CRISAFULLI,
L ORAZI
Publication year - 2017
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.58_13512
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , visual impairment , medicine , psychology , audiology , pediatrics , psychiatry
gait characteristics in children with Down syndrome and hypotonic cerebral palsy. Massage therapy has a positive impact on muscle tone and motor development, and infant massage facilitates use of vision at younger ages in children with Down syndrome. Supra-malleolar orthotics may negatively impact gross motor development in infants but these or foot orthotics may promote better alignment and gait characteristics for children who are walking independently. Support for other common PT and OT interventions is mainly positive but supported by lower levels of research evidence. Higher level, well-conducted experimental research on the efficacy of therapeutic interventions for children with hypotonia is needed. In the absence of high quality research, clinicians should measure outcomes when implementing these interventions with children with central hypotonia.