Early rehabilitation for children with visual processing dysfunctions from 1 year of age: a Randomized Controlled Trial protocol

Autor: Marlou Kooiker, Yoni van der Linden, Jenneke van Dijk, Ymie J van der Zee, Renate MC Swarte, Liesbeth S Smit, Sanny van der Steen-Kant, Sjoukje E Loudon, Irwin KM Reiss, Kees Kuyper, Johan JM Pel, Johannes van der Steen
Rok vydání: 2019
Popis: Background An increasing amount of children suffer from brain damage-related visual processing dysfunctions (VPD). At present, there is a lack of evidence-based rehabilitation methods that can be used early in development. We developed a visual rehabilitation protocol suitable from 1 year of age. The protocol contains objective, quantitative outcomes and is structured, comprehensive and individually-adaptive. Our aim is to investigate effectiveness of this first visual rehabilitation program for young children with (a risk of) VPD. Methods We conduct a single-blind, placebo-controlled trial that is embedded within standard clinical care. The study population consists of 100 children born very or extremely preterm (
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