Sensory Therapy Might Work for Kids With Autism
Children with autism can benefit from a type of therapy that helps them become more comfortable with the sounds, sights and sensations of their daily surroundings, a small new study suggests. The...
View ArticleDiabetes drug won’t help obese kids keep off weight
Few children who become obese are able to lose and keep off weight with diet and exercise alone, leading some doctors to prescribe drugs, such as the diabetes drug metformin, to treat childhood...
View ArticleHealth Indicators Report Cites Improvement in Physical Activity, Stalled...
According to a recent federal report on the health of Americans, the US is making steady gains in the number of adults who meet guidelines for physical activity, but obesity rates haven’t changed much...
View ArticleMajor League Baseball Will Investigate Rise in UCL Tears, Possible Link to...
With Major League Baseball (MLB) on track to see a record number of pitchers undergoing Tommy John surgery for ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries, experts are beginning to investigate the reasons...
View ArticleObesity Goes Global
A new study published in the May 29 Lancet reports the results of a worldwide study of obesity and overweight, and found that rates have increased between 1980 and 2013 by 27.5% for adults and 47.1%...
View ArticleCIMT Can Be Effective for Children with Cerebral Palsy
A newly published meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) supports the use of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) for children with cerebral palsy as an effective intervention for...
View ArticleMove Forward Radio Addresses Sedentary Behaviors in Children
From TV to tablets, children have all sorts of ways to be sedentary during playtime. And as Sheree Chapman York, PT, DPT, PCS, explained in a recent episode of Move Forward Radio, those sedentary...
View ArticleSurvey: 1 in 20 Children Have Problems with Balance or Dizziness
In what they describe as the first-ever study among children in the US, authors of an epidemiology review estimate that 3.3 million children—about 1 in 20—suffer from some kind of dizziness or balance...
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