Sian Williams

📣The AusACPDM are excited to announce our new name & logo.🎉

We are now named: The Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Childhood-onset Disability (Oceania Academy)

www.oceaniaacademy.org
📧 info@OceaniaAcademy.org

PhD opportunity at Curtin University in Western Australia!

🎓“The implementation and evaluation of a state-wide network for early detection of #CerebralPalsy”🎓

Find out more details at: research.curtin.edu.au/hdr-r-projec...

📅Expressions of interest close 18/08/2025

Punctate White Matter Abnormality in Moderate‐to‐Late Preterm Infants Objective Moderate-to-late preterm (MLP) infants contribute to the greatest proportion of preterm children with neurodevelopmental impairments. White matter injury (WMI) is common and predicts adver.....

Punctate White Matter Abnormality in Moderate‐to‐Late Preterm Infants. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our first publication from the MoPED study (Moderate-to-late Preterm Babies Early Brain Development).

Reduced calf muscle growth in NICU graduates compared with typically developing term infants: 12-month longitudinal study of infant muscle growth Objective To evaluate growth of the triceps surae muscle over the first 12 months of life in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduates compared with typically developing (TD) infants. Design Long...

Excited to see the findings of our Grow, Baby Grow study published 📖
"Reduced calf muscle growth in NICU graduates compared with typically developing term infants: 12-month longitudinal study of infant muscle growth"
fn.bmj.com/content/earl...

YouTube video by DMCNvideos Measuring Skeletal Muscle Morphology & Architecture: Children with Cerebral Palsy | Williams | DMCN

Check out my #ScopingReview on imaging muscle in children with #CerebralPalsy. "Measuring Skeletal Muscle Morphology & Architecture in children with Cerebral Palsy"

Read the paper (and check out the supplementary tables!!) here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

youtu.be/rQ5vM7M0GDw?...

Low ascertainment & poor-quality data for Indigenous peoples in health registers prevents the achievement of #HealthEquity.
Our #Review "Indigenous health equity in health register ascertainment & data quality" discusses barriers & strategies for action.
rdcu.be/cISlv

Neonatal Neuroimaging in Neonatal Intensive Care Graduates Who Subsequently Develop Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is a common cause of physical disability. The New Zealand Cerebral Palsy Register (NZCPR) was established in 2015 and reports national data. Internationally, an early CP diagnosis has b...

Interesting insights to MRI and CUS use by gestational age in preterm infants 👉🏼 "Neonatal neuroimaging in Neonatal Intensive Care graduates who subsequently develop #CerebralPalsy".
mdpi.com/1562106

Muscle architecture, growth, and biological Remodelling in cerebral palsy: a narrative review - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Cerebral palsy (CP) is caused by a static lesion to the brain occurring in utero or up to the first 2 years of life; it often manifests as musculoskeletal impairments and movement disorders including ...

#Muscle architecture, growth, and biological Remodelling in #CerebralPalsy: a narrative review

#BMCMusculoSkeletDisord bit.ly/387hO9y

Check out our #ScopingReview Curtin University PhD student Maxine Fong: Clinical functional outcome measures for children with #CerebralPalsy after gait corrective orthopaedic surgery - published open access in #DMCN
@mackeithpress.bsky.social
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/WF9DMM...

Check out my #SystematicReview: The efficacy of split tibial tendon transfers on functional gait outcomes for children and youth with #CerebralPalsy.

boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.1...

YouTube video by DMCNvideos Strategies to improve diagnosis & management of CP for Māori/non-Māori families | Sian Williams|DMCN

#DMCNPodcast 'Strategies to improve diagnosis & management of CP for Māori/non-Māori families'

The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1111/dmcn...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOez...
#CerebralPalsy #EarlyDiagnosis #EarlyIntervention #CoDesign