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Learning for life - How children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy learn to master bimanual activities
(2018-09-03)
Background: For children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP), activities in daily life pose a challenge due to reduced function in one hand.
Aim: To study the development of hand function and occupational ...
Bone Mineral Density Determination in Children. Evaluation of a novel method and application to Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(2009-11-22)
Aims: The overall aims of this thesis were to evaluate the dual-energy X-ray and laser (DXL) method
for bone densitometry measurements of the calcaneus in children, to provide reference data for bone
mineral density (BMD) ...
Long-term outcome of children born after Assisted Reproductive Technology
(2020-11-11)
Background: While the short-term outcome after assisted reproductive technology (ART) is broadly examined, studies on the long-term outcome of ART children are limited.
Aim: To examine the long-term outcome in children ...
Aspects of Communication, Language and Literacy in Autism Child Abilities and Parent Perspectives
(2019-02-07)
The main aim of this thesis was to investigate literacy, ‘theory of mind’ (ToM) and narrative ability in children who had screened positive for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) (comprehensively assessed for neuropsychiatric ...
Autism Spectrum Disorders in preschool children: cognitive aspects and interventions
(2014-10-30)
Aim: The overarching aims of this thesis were to (a) gain further insight into the developmental/cognitive aspects of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in young children, and (b) assess outcome after interventions of varying ...
Skall jag gå, eller är det bättre att jag väntar? Förutsättningar för barns toalettbesök i skolan
(2009-06-10)
Should I go, or is it better to wait?
– Conditions for children to go to the toilet at school
Barbro Lundblad
The Sahlgrenska Academy at the UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG,
Institute of Health and Care Sciences ...
Visual function and ocular morphology in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus
(2011-09-30)
Abstract
Aims
To investigate the frequency of ophthalmological abnormalities, the need and timing of eye-care interventions as well as incidence, aetiology and neurological/neuropsychological outcomes in children with ...
Commensal microbes, immune reactivity and childhood inflammatory bowel disease
(2009-06-29)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic and relapsing intestinal inflammation of unknown etiology, but immune activation by the commensal microbiota probably plays a major role. The two major categories ...
Narcolepsy in children: Relationship to the H1N1 influenza vaccination, association with psychiatric and cognitive impairments and consequences in daily life
(2016-09-06)
Background/aims: Narcolepsy is a lifelong sleep disorder with an onset most frequently in the second decade of life. The cardinal symptoms are excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations ...
Childhood asthma. Epidemiology, prevalence and risk factors
(2023-05-09)
Background and aim: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases among children often resulting in medical treatment, morbidity and reduced quality of life. It is therefore important to study factors associated with ...