Interventions with a sleep outcome for children with cerebral palsy or a post-traumatic brain injury: A systematic review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 561-573

  Galland, Barbara C ^a   Elder, Dawn E ^a   Taylor, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral palsy; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Pediatrics; Sleep

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CITALOPRAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASSAGE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE TONE; NEWBORN; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCINFO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WALKING; SPASTICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MELATONIN; POSTURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 84867191341     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.01.007     Document Type: Review

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