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PT Corner: Aquatic Rehabilitation in Rett Syndrome

July 11, 2023

14 July 2023, Article, PT, Rett Syndrome

By: Meir Lotan, PT and Merav Hadar-Frumer Beit Issie Shapiro School, Ranana, Israel These Excerpts come from an IRSA publication. It has been written by therapists who treated many girls with Rett Syndrome with endless love and support within water and outside of…...

October 6, 2021

8 October 2021, Article Rett Syndrome, News of the Week, Newsletter

October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month. Over the years, PediaStaff has shared numerous articles, research posts, resources and links about Rett Syndrome. Rett Syndrome is a very rare, non-inherited genetic disorder that occurs almost exclusively in girls. It generally sets in between 6 and 18…...

June 19, 2019

21 June 2019, Article, PT, Rett Syndrome

By: Meir Lotan, PT and Merav Hadar-Frumer Beit Issie Shapiro School, Ranana, Israel These Excerpts come from an IRSA publication. It has been written by therapists who treated many girls with Rett Syndrome with endless love and support within water and outside of…...

December 18, 2018

21 December 2018, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Our friends at the International Rett Syndrome Federation have endorsed this resource, “Scoliolis in Rett Syndrome.” From the ‘About’ page: There is limited information in the medical literature regarding the management of scoliosis. We have therefore developed some guidelines to…...

January 30, 2017

3 February 2017, Autism, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: Medical X-Press] Researchers have uncovered 30 genes that could, one day, serve as therapeutic targets to reverse Rett syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects only girls and is a severe form of an autism spectrum disorder. The study, led by…...

January 4, 2016

8 January 2016, Newsletter, OT, PT, Rett Syndrome, SLP

By: Ingrid Harding Founder and President Girl Power 2 Cure, Inc. Rett Syndrome is a neurological/movement disorder which predominantly affects girls (approximately 1 in 10,000). Many attain developmental milestones from birth to age two or three, but then begin to regress. Others…...

June 22, 2015

26 June 2015, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: Medical News Today] New research by investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School suggests the immune system plays an unsuspected and surprising role in the progression of Rett syndrome, a severe neurological disorder affecting children. Immune cells known as macrophages…...

March 30, 2015

3 April, News of the Week, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: Medical News Today] A new study suggests targeting long genes could be a new treatment avenue for the devastating childhood disorder Rett Syndrome. The authors found that lack of the MeCP2 protein that is the hallmark of the disease causes subtle…...

June 26, 2014

27 June 2014, News, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

[Source: Medical News Today] Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes mental retardation, autism, and physical deformities, has no cure. However, a small clinical trial has found that a growth factor known as IGF1 can help treat some symptoms of the disease.…...

June 12, 2014

13 June 2014, Article, Newsletter, Rett Syndrome

Reprinted from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke as originally published on their website What is Rett syndrome? Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmenal disorder that affects girls almost exclusively. It is characterized by normal early growth and development followed by a…...