EACD 2024 has been a symphonic masterpiece of a conference - see what we did there! 😉 This episode is our summary of the EACD conference for 2024, here in Bruges/Brugge Belgium. We take a look at the topics of conversation both here on the pod and throughout the conference, dinners, breakfasts, impromptu catchups and more. We hope you enjoy - and w…

All about using equipment to encourage movement!By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

On this week's TheraBytes episode, we delve into the science of early walking, uncovering its benefits and significance. It's all about mobility as a human right!By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

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The Presidential Keynote lecture at EACD 2024. AI - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. An interview with Adjunct Professor Mieke de Ketelaer. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!…

Day 3 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Magnus Påhlman. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Magnus Påhlman

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Professor Bernard Dan. Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Professor Bernard Dan

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Adam Shortland and Mr Martin Gough. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Adam Shortland and Mr Martin Gough

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Nofar Ben Itzhak. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Nofar Ben Itzhak

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Marco Konings. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Marco Konings

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Sarah Reedman. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Sarah Reedman

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Charlie Fairhurst. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Charlie Fairhurst

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Sarah McIntyre and Dr Gija Rackauskaite. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Sarah McIntyre and Dr Gija Rackauskaite

Day 2 of EACD 2024. An interview with Associate Professor Brian Hoare and Dr Atefeh Taghizadeh. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Associate Professor Brian Hoare and Dr Atefeh Taghizadeh

Day 2 at EACD 2024. An interview with Dr Richard L Lieber. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Richard L Lieber

Day 2 of EACD 2024 - An interview with Natasha Bear PhD candidate! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Natasha Bear (PhD candidate)

EACD 2024 - an interview with Dr Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum! Detailed show notes to come. Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Anina Ritterband-Rosenbaum

Day 2 of EACD 2024 - an interview with Deepti Chugh! Detailed show notes to come. Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Deepti Chugh

Day 2 of EACD 2024 - An interview with Professor Kate Himmelmann! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Professor Kate Himmelmann

An interview with all three keynote speakers from the 2nd keynote session of Day 1 of EACD 2024. Prof Christophe Matthys, Prof Phillip L Pearl, Dr Àngels Garcia Cazorla Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the …

An interview with Dr Ginny Paleg and Dr Roslyn Livingstone. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Ginny Paleg and Dr Roslyn Livingstone

An interview with Stefanie Bradley (PhD candidate). Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Stefanie Bradley (PhD candidate)

An interview with Associate Professor Paula Chagas! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Associate Professor Paula Chagas

An interview with Dr Jill Zwicker! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Jill Zwicker

A special interview with a trio of Keynote speakers - kick starting EACD 2024! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Prof Alex Haslam, Prof Catherine Haslam, Prof Sally Ann Lynch

An interview with Dr Kate Langdon! Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Dr Kate Langdon

An interview with Professor Hercules Leite Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Professor Hercules Leite

An interview with Dr Marleen Sol. Detailed show notes to come! Producer Ed apologises for the audio quality as the backstage room caused a lot of (audio) reflections that resulted in the more than usual echo in the podcast recordings!By Marleen Sol

All about trunk control and hypotonia!By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

COCHRANE REVIEW: EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES PROVIDED POST HOSPITAL DISCHARGE TO PREVENT MOTOR AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PRETERM INFANTS. Jane Orton, Lex W Doyle, Tanya Tripathi, Roslyn Boyd, Peter J Anderson, Alicia Spittle Early developmental intervention programmes for preterm infants probably improve cognitive and motor outcom…

All about Dysphagia! Dysphagia means that an individual may have impaired swallowing. It is an impairment that can be observed in people with cerebral palsy or neuromuscular diseases. It occurs when the individual isn't able to safely swallow due to changes in muscle tone or altered coordination. It is so important to identify dysphagia because it …

Kindy Moves: the feasibility of an intensive interdisciplinary programme on goal and motor outcomes for preschool-aged children with neurodisabilities requiring daily equipment and physical assistance Matthew Haddon, Loren West, Catherine Elliott, Corrin Walmsley, Jane Valentine, Natasha Bear, Dayna Pool, Healthy Strides Research Advisory Council A…

This week on TheraBytes we cover the topic of Dystonia - what it is, the causes, the symptoms and treatments.By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

Down syndrome or Rett syndrome in the family: Parental reflections on sibling experience Caitlin Gray, Helen Leonard, Kingsley Wong, Sally Reed, Kate Schmidt, Rachel Skoss, Jianghong Li, Alison Salt, Jenny Bourke, Emma J. Glasson Abstract Background: Siblings of children with intellectual disability have unique family experiences, varying by type o…

All about high tone - Spasticity - describes something that happens to our muscles when we have an upper motor neuron injury. A discovery of more than just a simple understanding of the ‘elastic band’ theory, especially within the context of cerebral palsy. Spasticity is another diagnosis that originates from the injured brain either at birth or po…

MYTHS AND FACTS ON HIPS IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY Reflections on this episode: Professor Susan Stott is a Professor of paediatric orthopaedic surgery at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and paediatric orthopedic surgeon at Starship Children’s Hospital in New Zealand. Professor Stott was the second President of the AusACPDM and was the …

An episode that highlights how important those hip X- Ray appointments are, as a standard monitoring program for children with CP. It makes us understand why we wander through the hospital corridors every 6 or 12 months and answers what it is the Doctors are looking out for. Family discussions post X- Ray being taken, and the Doctors point to the m…

Prioritized strategies to improve diagnosis and early management of cerebral palsy for both Māori and non-Māori families Sian A Williams, Ivana Nakarada-Kordic, Anna H Mackey, Stephen Reay, N Susan Stott Abstract Aim: To identify prioritized strategies to support improvements in early health service delivery around the diagnosis and management of c…

Early otitis media puts children at risk for later auditory and language deficits Abstract Background: Otitis media is a common disorder of early childhood suspected of hindering auditory and language development, but evidence regarding these effects has been contradictory. To examine potential sources of these contradictory past results and explor…

Is pain in therapy ok? Why the concept of "no pain, no gain" is an outdated and dangerous philosophy.By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

This week we discuss the "magic" of stem cells. Families have many questions - and in our byte-sized episode - we try to answer some of the more common questions we're asked about stem cells. What are they? How do they work? What effect do they actually have? Where can I get them? and so much more.By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

A family-tailored early motor intervention (EMI-Heart) for infants with complex congenital heart disease: study protocol for a feasibility RCT Elena Mitteregger, Tineke Dirks, Manuela Theiler, Oliver Kretschmar, Beatrice Latal Abstract Background: Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) undergoing open-heart surgery are at risk for development…

By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

EMERGENCE OF THE CORTICAL ENCODING OF PHONETIC FEATURES IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE Giovanni M. Di Liberto, Adam Attaheri, Giorgia Cantisani, Richard B. Reilly, Áine Ní Choisdealbha, Sinead Rocha, Perrine Brusini & Usha Goswami Nature Communications volume 14, Article number: 7789 (2023) Abstract Even prior to producing their first words, infants are…

The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS).By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

“Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e-cigarette liquids” published in the Medical Journal of Australia “Electronic cigarette usage patterns and perceptions in adult Australians” published in Toxics in 2023. Chemical analysis of fresh and aged Australian e-cigarette liquids Alexander Larcombe, Sebastien Allard, Paul Pringle, Ryan Mead-Hu…

How do you know what therapy is best? Use the traffic light system! 🔴 Don't do it 🟠 Maybe do it 🟢 The best available All based on the latest science, knowledge, understandings, evidence and research. https://cerebralpalsy.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/11910_2020_Article_1022.pdfBy Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

Parenting Practices May Buffer the Impact of Adversity on Epigenetic Age Acceleration Among Young Children With Developmental Delays Alexandra D W Sullivan, Anne K Bozack, Andres Cardenas, Jonathan S Comer, Daniel M Bagner, Rex Forehand, Justin Parent Affiliations expand PMID: 37733001 PMCID: PMC10626625 (available on 2024-09-21) DOI: 10.1177/09567…

The financials - how do I make my (NDIS) funds last?By Dr Dayna Pool and Noraishah Naim

Implementation of an Integrated Knowledge to Action strategy can be used to implement the clinical guidelines for the early detection of cerebral palsy in a state-wide early intervention service and the impact of social determinants of health on service engagement. In this retrospective longitudinal cohort study that was completed in Western Austra…