2024
Radiographic severity is associated with worse executive function in metopic craniosynostosis
Almeida M, Alper D, Barrero C, Parikh N, Hauc S, Moscarelli J, Golinko M, Persing J, Swanson J, Alperovich M. Radiographic severity is associated with worse executive function in metopic craniosynostosis. Child's Nervous System 2024, 1-12. PMID: 38904768, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06493-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSeverity of metopic synostosisExecutive functionConners-3Neurocognitive testsBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2Endocranial bifrontal angleAssociated with worse executive functionSocial Responsiveness Scale-2Behavior Rating InventoryImpact executive functioningWorse executive functionChild Behavior ChecklistMetopic synostosisBRIEF-2Behavior ChecklistSchool ageBehavioral assessmentBehavioral difficultiesScale-2Subscale scoresAssociated with worse scoresBehavioral outcomesPhenotypic severitySociodemographic riskPre-operative CT imagesComparison of emotional and behavioral regulation between metopic and sagittal synostosis
Almeida M, Alper D, Parikh N, De Baun H, Kammien A, Persing J, Alperovich M. Comparison of emotional and behavioral regulation between metopic and sagittal synostosis. Child's Nervous System 2024, 40: 2789-2799. PMID: 38691155, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06387-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntelligence quotientBehavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-2Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of IntelligenceSocial Responsiveness Scale-2Behavior Rating InventoryWechsler Abbreviated ScaleExecutive function subscalesChild Behavior ChecklistExecutive function scoresScale of IntelligenceWASI-IIBRIEF-2Conners-3Executive functionExternalizing behaviorsBehavior ChecklistBehavioral regulationProblems subscaleSchool ageBehavioral assessmentBehavioral difficultiesScale-2Behavioral outcomesRule-breakingBehavioral differences
2016
Parental Perceptions of Neurodevelopment in Toddlers Following Craniosynostosis Repair
Alperovich M, Golinko MS, Lee ZH, Runyan CM, Staffenberg DA. Parental Perceptions of Neurodevelopment in Toddlers Following Craniosynostosis Repair. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 2016, 27: 835-838. PMID: 27192656, DOI: 10.1097/scs.0000000000002646.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParental perceptionsNonsyndromic craniosynostosisMean scoreParents of malesCranial vault remodelingUndergo surgeryParents of childrenMean ageChild neurodevelopmentCraniosynostosis repairSurgeryVault remodelingAge groupsCraniosynostosis typeDevelopmental delayNeurodevelopmentChildren's motorLittle dataAnonymous surveySignificant differencesCranial vaultChildrenAgeMaximum scoreSchool age