Six Medtronic 1743 dual-channel cerebellar stimulators were implanted in 4 patients between September 1977 and January 1979. Evaluations were conducted in both a blind and nonblind fashion. Significant differences between the evaluations occurred. The operating surgeon, physical therapists, referring neurologist and the patients' families all overestimated the degree of improvement, compared to a blind evaluation by a noninvolved group of neurologists. The concomitant occurrence of significant complications raised serious questions of the advisability of cerebellar stimulation for cerebral palsy.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Reynolds1980
%A Reynolds, A. F.
%A Hardy, T. L.
%D 1980
%J Appl Neurophysiol
%K Adolescent; Adult; Cerebellum; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Electrodes, Implanted; Female; Humans; Male
%N 3-5
%P 114--117
%T Cerebellar stimulation in four patients with cerebral palsy.
%V 43
%X Six Medtronic 1743 dual-channel cerebellar stimulators were implanted in 4 patients between September 1977 and January 1979. Evaluations were conducted in both a blind and nonblind fashion. Significant differences between the evaluations occurred. The operating surgeon, physical therapists, referring neurologist and the patients' families all overestimated the degree of improvement, compared to a blind evaluation by a noninvolved group of neurologists. The concomitant occurrence of significant complications raised serious questions of the advisability of cerebellar stimulation for cerebral palsy.
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abstract = {Six Medtronic 1743 dual-channel cerebellar stimulators were implanted in 4 patients between September 1977 and January 1979. Evaluations were conducted in both a blind and nonblind fashion. Significant differences between the evaluations occurred. The operating surgeon, physical therapists, referring neurologist and the patients' families all overestimated the degree of improvement, compared to a blind evaluation by a noninvolved group of neurologists. The concomitant occurrence of significant complications raised serious questions of the advisability of cerebellar stimulation for cerebral palsy.},
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author = {Reynolds, A. F. and Hardy, T. L.},
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keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Cerebellum; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Electrodes, Implanted; Female; Humans; Male},
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title = {Cerebellar stimulation in four patients with cerebral palsy.},
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