Mark Gormley
Boston Children's Hospital
22 Papers
64 Citations
Mark Gormley is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cerebral palsy. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Recommendations for the use of botulinum toxin type A in the management of cerebral palsy
H Kerr Graham,K. Roger Aoki,Ilona Autti-Rämö,Roslyn N. Boyd,Mauricio R. Delgado,Deborah Gaebler-Spira,Mark Gormley,Barry M Guyer,Florian Heinen,Andrew F. Holton,Dennis J. Matthews,Guy Molenaers,Francesco Motta,Pedro J Garcı́a Ruiz,Jörg Wissel +14 more
TL;DR: This paper represents an attempt, by a group of 15 experienced clinicians and scientists from a variety of disciplines, to arrive at a consensus and produce detailed recommendations as to appropriate patient selection and assessment, dosage, injection technique and outcome measurement.
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Definition and classification of hyperkinetic movements in childhood
Terence D. Sanger,Daofen Chen,Darcy Fehlings,Mark Hallett,Anthony E. Lang,Jonathan W. Mink,Harvey S. Singer,Katharine E. Alter,Hilla Ben-Pazi,Erin E. Butler,Robert Chen,Abigail Collins,Sudarshan Dayanidhi,Hans Forssberg,Eileen Fowler,Donald L. Gilbert,Sharon L. Gorman,Mark Gormley,Hyder A. Jinnah,Barbara Kornblau,Kristin J. Krosschell,Rebecca K. Lehman,Colum D. MacKinnon,C. J. Malanga,Ronit Mesterman,Margaret Barry Michaels,Toni S. Pearson,Jessica Rose,Barry S. Russman,Dagmar Sternad,Kathy J. Swoboda,Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas +31 more
TL;DR: The definition of dystonia, chorea, athetosis, myoclonus, tremor, tics, and stereotypies that arose from a consensus meeting in June 2008 of specialists from different clinical and basic science fields is described in this paper.
Definition and classification of negative motor signs in childhood
Terence D. Sanger,Daofen Chen,Mauricio R. Delgado,Deborah Gaebler-Spira,Mark Hallett,Jonathan W. Mink,Amy J. Bastian,Hilla Ben-Pazi,Nancy Byl,Sharon A. Cermak,Henry G. Chambers,Robert Chen,Diane L. Damiano,Martha B. Denckla,Ruthmary K. Deuel,Jules P. A. Dewald,Darcy Fehlings,Eileen Fowler,Marjorie A. Garvey,Mark Gormley,Edward A. Hurvitz,Mary E. Jenkins,Jo Ann Kluzik,Andy Koman,Sahana N. Kukke,Maria K. Lebiedowska,Mindy F. Levin,Dennis J. Matthews,Margaret Barry Michaels,Helene Polatajko,Karl E. Rathjen,Jessica Rose Agramonte,W. Zev Rymer,Marc H. Schieber,Paul Steinbok,Dagmar Sternad,Edward Taub,Ann Tilton,Johan van Doornik,Sam Ward,Max Wiznitzer +40 more
TL;DR: A consensus meeting was held to establish terminology and definitions for 4 aspects of motor disorders that occur in children: weakness, reduced selective motor control, ataxia, and deficits of praxis to assist communication between clinicians, select homogeneous groups of children for clinical research trials, and facilitate the development of rating scales to assess improvement or deterioration with time.
Cerebral palsy: a rational approach to a treatment protocol, and the role of botulinum toxin in treatment.
TL;DR: The patient who could benefit most from botulin toxin treatment is one who is hypertonic and whose abnormal muscle tone is interfering with function, or who is expected to develop joint contracture with growth because of this abnormal tone.
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A clinical overview of treatment decisions in the management of spasticity
TL;DR: Treatment goals should be well outlined before treatment begins and tone reduction is indicated only if spasticity interferes with some level of function, positioning, care, or comfort.
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