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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kolobe, Thubi H A
• Christy, Jennifer Braswell
• Gannotti, Mary E
• Heathcock, Jill C
• Damiano, Diane L
• Taub, Edward
• Majsak, Michael J
• Gordon, Andrew M
• Fuchs, Robyn K
• O'Neil, Margaret E
• Caiozzo, Vincent J

Titel

Research summit III proceedings on dosing in children with an injured brain or cerebral palsy: executive summary

Ist Teil von

• Physical therapy, 2014-07, Vol.94 (7), p.907-920

Ort / Verlag

United States: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Children with brain injuries or cerebral palsy (CP) comprise a large percentage of pediatric clients served by physical therapists. There is no consensus on what the basic parameters should be for different treatment protocols. A very important parameter of intervention that is pivotal for treatment efficacy is dosing. Dosing decisions are complex. This article describes the process and outcomes of a research summit with the goals of: fostering a critical debate that would result in recommendations for the development of large-scale, second-generation research proposals to address thresholds for effective dosing of interventions for children with brain injuries or CP and enhancing the research capacity of pediatric physical therapists through collaborative research networks. This research summit was considered the first and necessary step in a systematic and in-depth analysis of dosing questions and an interdisciplinary approach toward second-generation dose-related research. The overall consensus is that an intervention must demonstrate effectiveness before dose-related studies can be undertaken.