Neurosurgery
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Current concussion symptom inventories emphasize total number or symptoms and severity and overlap with other conditions, such as mental health disorders, which may limit their specificity and clinical utility. ⋯ The CP Screen demonstrated strong reliability, concurrent validity with commonly used concussion assessment (ie, PCSS, VOMS, and ImPACT), and predictive validity for identifying concussion. The CP Screen extends current symptom inventories by evaluating more specific symptoms that may reflect clinical profiles and inform better clinical care.
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The benefit of selective dorsal rhizotomies (SDR) on motor function relative to the cerebral palsy (CP) natural history remains unknown. ⋯ These results support the use of SDR in carefully selected spastic CP children.