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Dinah Reddihough

Researcher at Royal Children's Hospital

Publications -  218
Citations -  8245

Dinah Reddihough is an academic researcher from Royal Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cerebral palsy & Population. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 208 publications receiving 7100 citations. Previous affiliations of Dinah Reddihough include University of Melbourne & Deakin University.

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Hip displacement in cerebral palsy.

TL;DR: Hip displacement is common in children with cerebral palsy, with an overall incidence of 35% found in this study, and the risk of hip displacement is directly related to gross motor function as graded with the Gross Motor Function Classification System.
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The epidemiology and causes of cerebral palsy

TL;DR: Although the total number of children with cerebral palsy has remained stable or increased slightly since 1970, there has been a consistent rise in the proportion of cerebral palsY associated with preterm and very preterm births.
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The risk of mortality or cerebral palsy in twins: a collaborative population-based study.

TL;DR: In this large data set spanning a 10-y period, overall rates of death or cerebral palsy were higher in twins than singleton, although small twins generally did better than small singletons.
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Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes.

TL;DR: The findings highlight the diversity that is apparent in the conceptualization of paediatric QOL and draw attention to the lack of empirical evidence for many of the fundamental assumptions.
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Investigation of the timed 'up & go' test in children.

TL;DR: The timed 'Up & Go' test (TUG) is a test of basic or functional mobility in adults which has rarely been used in children and can be used reliably in children as young as 3 years using the protocol described in this paper.