Pam Thomason

TL;DR: This pilot study provides Level-II evidence that single-event multilevel surgery improves the gait of children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy twelve months after surgery.

TL;DR: There may be a small treatment benefit for the combined intervention of intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin A and abduction hip bracing in the management of spastic hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy.

TL;DR: A rationale for defining an MCID for the Gait Profile Score (GPS) is proposed based on an analysis of the difference in median GPS for children classified at different levels of the Functional Assessment Questionnaire, finding a strong linear correlation between median score and FAQ level.

TL;DR: SEMLS results in clinically and statistically significant improvements in gait and function, in children with BSCP, which were maintained at 5 years after surgery.

TL;DR: It is suggested that therapeutic horse riding does not have a clinically significant impact on children with CP and a smaller effect cannot be ruled out and the absence of evidence might be explained by a lack of sensitivity of the instruments since the QoL and health measures have not yet been demonstrated to be sensitive to change.