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Meghan E Munger

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Munger M, Cady R, Shippee N, Beebe T, Novacheck T, Virnig B
Dev Med Child Neurol . 2024 Oct; PMID: 39412081
Aim: To investigate non-clinical factors that affect health-related decision-making in mothers with young ambulatory children living with cerebral palsy (CP). Method: Guided by phenomenology, we asked parents to describe early...
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Smith K, Benish B, Nelson E, Munger M, Novacheck T, Lonstein J, et al.
Spine J . 2024 Jul; 24(11):2154-2164. PMID: 39032609
Background Context: The effectiveness of bracing with a thoraco-lumbo-sacral orthosis (TLSO) for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has been studied extensively, with a growing body of evidence supporting TLSO use. In...
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McMulkin M, MacWilliams B, Nelson E, Munger M, Chen B, Novacheck T, et al.
Gait Posture . 2023 Aug; 105:139-148. PMID: 37572544
Background: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) creates a large and permanent reduction of spasticity for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Previous SDR outcomes studies have generally lacked appropriate control groups, had...
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Munger M, Shippee N, Beebe T, Novacheck T, Virnig B
Dev Med Child Neurol . 2023 Jul; 66(1):70-81. PMID: 37431682
Aim: To evaluate the factor structure of the 49 goal prioritization questions of the Gait Outcome Assessment List (GOAL). Method: This was a retrospective review of 622 consecutive individuals diagnosed...
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Stout J, Thill M, Munger M, Walt K, Boyer E
Dev Med Child Neurol . 2023 Jul; 66(1):61-69. PMID: 37392015
Aim: To report the test-retest reliability of the parent version of the Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL) questionnaire for item, domain, total score, and goal importance in children with cerebral...
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MacWilliams B, McMulkin M, Duffy E, Munger M, Chen B, Novacheck T, et al.
Dev Med Child Neurol . 2021 Nov; 64(5):561-568. PMID: 34755903
Aim: To understand the long-term effects of comprehensive spasticity treatment, including selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR), on individuals with spastic cerebral palsy. Method: This was a pre-registered, multicenter, retrospectively matched cohort...
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Duffy E, Hornung A, Chen B, Munger M, Aldahondo N, Krach L, et al.
Dev Med Child Neurol . 2020 Oct; 63(3):336-342. PMID: 33103255
Aim: To compare short-term outcomes between conus medullaris (conus) and cauda equina (cauda) selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) techniques in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Method: This was a retrospective review...
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Munger M, Chen B, MacWilliams B, McMulkin M, Schwartz M
BMJ Open . 2019 Jun; 9(6):e027486. PMID: 31227534
Introduction: Spasticity is one of the primary pathologies associated with cerebral palsy (CP), yet no definitive evidence exists to guide the appropriate level of spasticity management for an individual. Spasticity...
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Steele K, Munger M, Peters K, Shuman B, Schwartz M
Gait Posture . 2018 Nov; 67:290-295. PMID: 30396059
Background: Clinical gait analysis is commonly used in the evaluation and treatment of children with cerebral palsy (CP). While the repeatability of kinematic and kinetic measures of gait has previously...
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Schwartz M, Munger M
Gait Posture . 2018 May; 63:290-295. PMID: 29807334
We used the random forest classifier to predict Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels I-IV from patient reported abilities recorded on the Gillette Functional Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ). The classifier...