{"title":"Early intervention for children with or at risk of cerebral palsy.","authors":"J. Turnbull","doi":"10.1001/ARCHPEDI.1993.02160250056017","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Quantitative and qualitative analyses of well-conducted scientific studies of therapeutic early intervention for infants and young children with or at risk of a motor handicap failed to find convincing evidence for the efficacy of physical therapy. The shortcomings of present assessment tools are discussed and possible lines of enquiry identified.","PeriodicalId":7654,"journal":{"name":"American journal of diseases of children","volume":"101 1","pages":"54-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"52","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American journal of diseases of children","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1001/ARCHPEDI.1993.02160250056017","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Quantitative and qualitative analyses of well-conducted scientific studies of therapeutic early intervention for infants and young children with or at risk of a motor handicap failed to find convincing evidence for the efficacy of physical therapy. The shortcomings of present assessment tools are discussed and possible lines of enquiry identified.