title: Executive functions in youth with spastic cerebral palsy.
abstract: Dependent on criteria used, between 35% and 53% of the participants with cerebral palsy fulfilled the criteria of clinically relevant executive function problems as defined by Conners' (1994) Continuous Performance Test. Executive function problems were noticed mainly in participants with bilateral brain lesions and who had been born preterm. Findings highlight the need to check for attention problems in children with cerebral palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland. silja.pirila@uta.fi
authors.forename: Silja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pirila
authors.forename: Jaap J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van der Meere
authors.forename: Kati
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rantanen
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jokiluoma
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology