Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA
Jul 11, 2017
Development of children's cognitive and perceptual skills depends heavily on object exploration and experience in their physical world. For children who have severe physical impairments, one of the biggest concerns is the loss of opportunities for me...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Mar 28, 2017
PURPOSE: Play is an important occupation in a child's development. Children with disabilities often have fewer opportunities to engage in meaningful play than typically developing children. The purpose of this study was to explore the types of play (...
Early childhood anxiety disorders are common, impairing, and predictive of anxiety and mood disorders later in childhood. Epidemiological studies over the last decade find that the prevalence of impairing anxiety disorders in preschool children range...
Genotype imputation is an important tool for prediction of unknown genotypes for both unrelated individuals and parent-offspring trios. Several imputation methods are available and can either employ universal machine learning methods, or deploy algor...
The use of robots in therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) raises issues concerning the ethical and social acceptability of this technology and, more generally, about human-robot interaction. However, usually philosophical papers o...
Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics
Dec 20, 2014
AIMS: Innovative robotic technologies hold strong promise for improving walking abilities of children with cerebral palsy (CP), but may create expectations for parents pursuing the "newest thing" in treatment. The aim of this qualitative study was to...
A new non-pharmacological method of distraction was tested with 57 children during their annual flu vaccination. Given children's growing enthusiasm for technological devices, a humanoid robot was programmed to interact with them while a nurse admini...
Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association
Jul 1, 2025
PURPOSE: To examine the factors that influence the usability of a video-based mobile application (app) by parents of infants born full-term and preterm.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Jun 15, 2025
BACKGROUND: Clubfoot is a congenital foot deformity treated primarily by the Ponseti method. Despite its effectiveness, challenges such as delayed treatment and nonadherence persist, leading parents to seek information online. With the rise of artifi...
The IoT Smart Cradle for Baby Monitoring System & Infant Care is introduced as an innovative solution to address critical gaps in contemporary infant care. This system integrates Internet of Things (IoT) technology, machine learning, and smart automa...
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