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Sian Williams
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Associate Professor | Aotearoa Senior Research Fellow | Pediatric Exercise Physiologist | Researcher in #CerebralPalsy and #PaedRehab
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📣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)

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📧 info@OceaniaAcademy.org
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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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
The implementation and evaluation of a state-wide network for early detection of cerebral palsy
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July 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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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).
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.....
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June 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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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"
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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...
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April 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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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....

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Measuring Skeletal Muscle Morphology & Architecture: Children with Cerebral Palsy | Williams | DMCN
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February 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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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.
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Indigenous health equity in health register ascertainment and data quality: a narrative review
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February 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Interesting insights to MRI and CUS use by gestational age in preterm infants 👉🏼 "Neonatal neuroimaging in Neonatal Intensive Care graduates who subsequently develop #CerebralPalsy".
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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...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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#Muscle architecture, growth, and biological Remodelling in #CerebralPalsy: a narrative review

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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 ...
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February 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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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
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February 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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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...
The efficacy of split tibial tendon transfers on functional gait outcomes for children and youth with cerebral palsy and spastic equinovarus foot deformities | Bone & Joint
The efficacy of split tibial tendon transfers on functional gait outcomes for children and youth with cerebral palsy and spastic equinovarus foot deformities
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February 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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#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
Strategies to improve diagnosis & management of CP for Māori/non-Māori families | Sian Williams|DMCN
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February 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM