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Physiotherapist Helps Predict Cerebral Palsy In Babies

Alison Sheppard ( image attached) received the Clinical Excellence award at Capital & Coast DHB’s annual ‘Celebrating Our Success’ awards for her work with the General Movements Assessment (GMA) – one of three tools which, used together, are considered best practice for early diagnosis of motor disability. “The GMA involves taking video footage of an infant’s movements at specific ages – pre-term, term, and around 12 weeks – which are then scored by a specially trained team,” Alison said. “The patterns of movement quality over time provide us with information about how the infant’s brain is developing.” It is recognised that early diagnosis

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