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Professor Nick Gottardo walks us through medulloblastomas - a comprehensive master class for clinicians and researchers.  Expect to learn about early signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Dr Nick breaks this down beautifully.

What was really clear throughout our discussion was that collaboration is key. Given the incidence of medulloblastomas and the specific subtypes that fall within this category, it would not be possible to develop effective treatments that minimise detrimental side effects without coming together with centres across the world.

This episode is truly special so if you want to know the current state of the evidence when it comes to treating medulloblastomas - this is a must listen episode.

All about knowledge translation

A special episode with our illustrious hosts before we catch up with Professor Nick Gottardo, Professor Alicia Spittle, Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Dr Gareth Baynam, Assoc. Professor Nikki Milne and Assoc. Clinical Professor Anita Gross amongst many others!

Effectiveness of postural interventions in cerebral palsy: umbrella systematic review.

Monica Toohey , Remy Blatch-Williams , Kristian Budini , Astrid Ferreira , Alexandra Griffin , Ashleigh Hines , Michelle Jackman , Karin Lind , Jill Massey , Maria Mc Namara , Jenna Mitchell , Catherine Morgan , Esther Norfolk , Madison CB. Paton , Daniel Polyblank , Sarah Reedman , Iona Novak


Discussion

The objective of this umbrella systematic review was to summarize and evaluate the evidence for postural management interventions in cerebral palsy published since Gough's 2009 paper. We have expanded the scope of the review from passive continuous postural management to include active postural control interventions. Many interventions show positive effects on postural outcomes including range of motion, spasticity, pain, hip migration, gross motor function, hand function, gait parameters,

Conclusion

In conclusion, our umbrella systematic review evaluated the evidence for postural control and postural management interventions in CP, since Gough's seminal 2009 paper. Despite numerous interventions showing positive effects on various postural outcomes, such as range of motion, spasticity, and gross motor function, the overall quality of evidence remains low to very low, limiting the certainty of conclusions and recommendations. The lack of certainty and population heterogeneity poses

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751722224000805

Dr Dayna Pool

Curtin University and the Healthy Strides Foundation

The final words.... Thank you!

Lize Kleeren (PhD  Candidate) and Lisa Decraene (PhD Candidate)

KU Leuven

Presentation titles

1: Proximal proprioception in children with and without unilateral cerebral palsy, measured with state-of-the-art robotics.

2: Robotic evaluation of bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy with different manual abilities.

Dr Rachel Toovey 

University of Melbourne

Presentation title: Pathways to participation:understanding the experiences of families of children with disability in gymnastics

Dr Cristina Simon-Martinez

University of Applied Sciences in Valais (Switzerland)

Poster title: RehaBot: A chatbot between therapists and patients to establish telerehabilitation programs and quantify their outcome.

Anke Arkesteyn, PhD Candidate

KU Leuven

Poster title: Physical activity participation in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: barriers and facilitations - a qualitative study.

Amy De Roubaix, PhD Candidate

Ghent University

Presentation title: The impact of developmental coordination disorder: preliminary results in Belgium

Assistant Professor Sudarshan Dayanidhi 

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, NorthWestern University

Presentation title: Mitochondrial energetics in impaired muscle growth and across functional levels in children with cerebral palsy