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A/PROF DINAH REDDIHOUGH



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Clinical (Professor)
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Level: Basement
Building: RCH Educ Inst - 159 Flemington Rd Nth Melb
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Dinah Reddihough is Director of Child Development and Rehabilitation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.  She is committed to the care of children with disabilities and has developed a research program which is focused on gaining an improved understanding of the causes and outcomes of disabilies in childhood.  She has a long term interest in saliva control problems and is involved in research, teaching adn clinical activities in her efforts to improve outcomes in this area.

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Research program is aimed at gaining an improved understanding of the causes and outcomes of disability in childhood. Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Sience University of Otago 31-Dec-1967

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Spastic Society of Victoria (now Scope) Honorary Senior Paediatrician - 01-Jan-1989
Member Australian Cerebral Palsy Association. Medical Adviser. 01-Jan-1994
Member The Arthur Marsden Whiting Sympathy Fund. Medical Adviser. 01-Jan-1995
Member Apex Foundation for Research into Intellectual Disability. Scientific sub-committee 01-Jan-1998
Member Wesley Church Melbourne Church Council. Chairperson 01-Jan-2001
Member Scientific Committee, Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Chairperson 01-Jan-2001
Member Australian Government, Department of Family and Community Services. Expansion of the Eligibility Criteria for Carer Payment (Child) 01-Jan-2004
Member Department of Human Services (Victoria) Transfer of Young Adults with Complex Medical Needs Project Working Group 01-Jan-2004
Member Spastic Society of Victoria Early Childhood Services Advisory Group. 01-Jan-1987 31-Dec-1991
Member Royal Australasian College of Physicians Social Issues Committee - Disability Working Party 01-Jan-1990 31-Dec-1992
Member National Health and Medical Research Council Working Party on Conductive Education 01-Jan-1991 31-Dec-1993
Member Royal Children's Hospital Medical Staff Association Executive Committee . 01-Jan-1992 31-Jan-1993
Member Wesley Central Mission Board of Management 01-Jan-1989 31-Dec-2001
Member Centre for Developmental Disability Health, Victoria. Steering Committee 01-Jan-1998 31-Dec-2002
Member Yooralla Society of Victoria Board member 01-Jan-2009
Member Royal Children's Hospital and the University of Melbourne Principal Fellow with title of Associate Professor 01-Jan-2001

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Officer of the Order of Australia 2005

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Research Fellow 01-Jan-2000
Prize Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability 1st Prize for Poster Presentation "Congruence between mothers' and health professionals' perceptions of developmental delay" 01-Jan-1997
Medal Australian Cerebral Palsy Association Distinguished Service Medal 01-Jan-1999
Medal Royal Children's Hospital Gold Medal 01-Jan-2000

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Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Does Botulinum toxin A combined with hip bracing prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy and "Hips-at-risk"? A randomized controlled trial
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 23-33
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  • Magnetic resonance imaging findings in a population-based cohort of children with cerebral palsy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 39-45
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  • Quality of life of children with cerebral palsy: condition-specific instrument and proxy reports
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 167
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  • Randomized trial of botulinum toxin injections into the salivary glands to reduce drooling in children with neurological disorders
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 123-128
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  • The relationship between quality of life (QOL) and functioning for children with cerebral palsy
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 199-203
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  • Use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System in infants with cerebral palsy: Commentary
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 1-5
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Cerebral palsy and neurodegenerative disease
    Year: 2007
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Elsevier(Philadelphia)
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Journal Articles

  • A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home-Based Intervention Program for Children with Autism and Developmental Delay.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 308-316
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  • Botulinum neurotoxin A: unusual systemic effect
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 499-501
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  • Psychometric properties of the quality of life questionnaire for children with CP
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 49
    Page numbers: 49-55
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  • Transitional cell carcinoma in the paediatric population: Be aware of unusual aetiologies
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 773-775
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Awake upper airway obstruction in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy

     


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 44-48
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  • Factor V Leiden mutation: a contributory factor for cerebral palsy?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 14-19
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  • Hip displacement in Cerebral Palsy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume
    Volume: 88
    Page numbers: 121-129
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  • Letters to the Editor 'Proposed new definition of cerebral palsy does not solve any of the problems of existing definitions'
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 78
    Page numbers: 78-80
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  • Paediatric quality of life instruments: a review of the impact of the conceptual framework on outcomes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 311-318
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  • Perceived stress, perceived social support, and wellbeing among mothers of school-aged children with cerebral palsy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 53-57
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  • Post-neonatally acquired cerebral palsy in Victoria, Australia, 1970-1999
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 606-611
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  • Visual Diagnosis In Pediatrics
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 828 - 829
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Agreement of aspiration tests using barium videofluoroscopy, salivagram and milk scan in children with cerebral palsy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 86-93
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Cerebral palsy in Victoria: Motor types, topography and gross motor function
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 9-10
    Page numbers: 479-483
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Cerebral palsy: What do medical students know and believe?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 43-47
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Development of a condition-specific measure of quality of life for children with cerebral palsy: empirical thematic data reported by parents and children
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Child
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 127-135
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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  • Inpatient care of children with cerebral palsy as perceived by their parents
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 432-436
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Investigation of the timed "Up & Go" test in children
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 518-524
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Paediatric-family partnerships in the management of disability
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: S9
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  • Prospective analysis of the outcome of surgical management of drooling in the pediatric population: A 10-year experience
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    Volume: 116
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1233-1242
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Effectiveness of the Innsbruck Sensorimotor Activator and Regulator in improving saliva control in children with cerebral palsy.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 39-45
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Developmental delay and disability
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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Journal Articles

  • Health status of Australian children with mild to severe cerebral palsy: cross-sectional survey using the Child Health Questionnaire.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 194-199
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Measures of muscle and joint performance in the lower limb of children with cerebral palsy.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 664-670
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Cerebral palsy and neurodegenerative disorders
    Year: 2002
    Book: Practical Paediatrics
    Publisher: Churchill Livingstone(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Antenatal and intrapartum antecedents of cerebral palsy: a case-control study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 138-146
    Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology(East Melbourne)
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  • Functional outcome of botulinum toxin A injections to the lower limbs in cerebral palsy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 820-827
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Letter to the Editor: Maternal antecedents to cerebral palsy in preterm infants
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 498-498
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • The Risk of Mortality or cerebral palsy in twins: a collaborative population-based study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Pediatric Research
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 671-681
    Publisher: International Pediatric Research Foundation(Maryland)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Cerebral palsy in Victoria, Australia: Mortality and causes of death
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 183-186
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Reliability of the Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 761-767
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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