Leanne Sakzewski

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Leanne Sakzewski is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Leanne Sakzewski has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 50 papers in Clinical Psychology and 48 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Leanne Sakzewski's work include Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (87 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (50 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (46 papers). Leanne Sakzewski is often cited by papers focused on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (87 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (50 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (46 papers). Leanne Sakzewski collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Sweden. Leanne Sakzewski's co-authors include Roslyn N. Boyd, Jenny Ziviani, Sarah Reedman, Rose Gilmore, David F. Abbott, Richard Macdonell, Graeme D. Jackson, Robert S. Ware, Nora Shields and Ann‐Christin Eliasson and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, The Journal of Pediatrics and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

In The Last Decade

Leanne Sakzewski

89 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Interventions to improve physical function for children and young people with cerebral palsy: international clinical practice guideline

2021 131 citations Michelle Jackman, Leanne Sakzewski et al. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leanne Sakzewski Australia	28	2.3k	1.1k	1.1k	683	662	95	2.9k
Olaf Verschuren Netherlands	32	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	417 0.6×	425 0.6×	124	3.5k
Catherine Elliott Australia	29	1.2k 0.5×	592 0.5×	610 0.6×	466 0.7×	352 0.5×	117	2.4k
Shona Goldsmith Australia	16	2.0k 0.9×	919 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	412 0.6×	191 0.3×	35	2.5k
Margaret Wallen Australia	25	1.2k 0.5×	385 0.3×	418 0.4×	546 0.8×	352 0.5×	85	1.9k
Johan Kvalvik Stanghelle Norway	32	1.6k 0.7×	600 0.5×	558 0.5×	521 0.8×	960 1.5×	84	3.1k
Richard D. Stevenson United States	39	3.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	297 0.4×	160 0.2×	79	4.6k
Helene M. Dumas United States	24	1.2k 0.5×	735 0.7×	870 0.8×	175 0.3×	112 0.2×	113	2.1k
Jackie Parkes United Kingdom	27	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	210 0.3×	97 0.1×	46	2.6k
Marie Holmefur Sweden	19	988 0.4×	421 0.4×	475 0.4×	292 0.4×	274 0.4×	55	1.3k
Joyce M. Engel United States	28	1.2k 0.5×	588 0.5×	876 0.8×	250 0.4×	229 0.3×	86	2.6k

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Burgess, Andrea, Mark D. Chatfield, Michelle Jackman, et al.. (2025). Active upper‐limb therapies for hand function, individual goal achievement, and self‐care in children with cerebral palsy: A network meta‐analysis. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 67(12). 1543–1553.

Sakzewski, Leanne, Susan Greaves, Ann‐Christin Eliasson, et al.. (2025). Early developmental trajectories of the impaired hand in infants with unilateral cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 67(7). 901–909. 1 indexed citations

Whittingham, Koa, Leanne Sakzewski, Andrea Burgess, et al.. (2024). Sleep problems in a population-based cohort of primary school age children with Cerebral Palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 147. 104690–104690.

Gilmore, Rose, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of the efficacy of group social skills interventions on social functioning and social participation in children with acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy. Child Care Health and Development. 50(2). e13242–e13242. 1 indexed citations

Burgess, Andrea, Stina Oftedal, Roslyn N. Boyd, et al.. (2023). Construct Validity of the Both Hands Assessment Using Wrist-Worn Accelerometers. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 44(1). 42–55. 3 indexed citations

Sakzewski, Leanne, Sarah Reedman, Catherine Elliott, et al.. (2023). Participate CP 2: optimising participation in physically active leisure for children with cerebral palsy – protocol for a phase III randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 13(10). e075570–e075570. 3 indexed citations

Reedman, Sarah, Leanne Sakzewski, Catherine Sherrington, et al.. (2022). Study protocol for Running for health (Run4Health CP): a multicentre, assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial of 12 weeks of two times weekly Frame Running training versus usual care to improve cardiovascular health risk factors in children and youth with cerebral palsy. BMJ Open. 12(4). e057668–e057668. 6 indexed citations

Gilmore, Rose, Jenny Ziviani, Sarah McIntyre, et al.. (2022). Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills for adolescents with an acquired brain injury: A randomized controlled trial. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 64(6). 771–779. 7 indexed citations

Burgess, Andrea, Leanne Sakzewski, Koa Whittingham, et al.. (2022). Development of social functioning in children with cerebral palsy: A longitudinal study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 65(5). 674–682. 7 indexed citations

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Reedman, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Descriptive contents analysis of ParticiPAte CP: a participation-focused intervention to promote physical activity participation in children with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44(23). 7167–7177. 10 indexed citations

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Reedman, Sarah, Roslyn N. Boyd, Jenny Ziviani, et al.. (2021). Participation predictors for leisure‐time physical activity intervention in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 63(5). 566–575. 18 indexed citations

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Sakzewski, Leanne, Sarah Reedman, Megan Thorley, et al.. (2021). Preschool HABIT-ILE: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial to determine efficacy of intensive rehabilitation compared with usual care to improve motor skills of children, aged 2–5 years, with bilateral cerebral palsy. BMJ Open. 11(3). e041542–e041542. 5 indexed citations

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Ketelaar, Marjolijn, et al.. (2019). Defining Functional Therapy in Research Involving Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics. 40(2). 231–246. 20 indexed citations

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Sakzewski, Leanne, Yannick Bleyenheuft, Roslyn N. Boyd, et al.. (2019). Protocol for a multisite randomised trial of Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Training Including Lower Extremity training for children with bilateral cerebral palsy: HABIT-ILE Australia. BMJ Open. 9(9). e032194–e032194. 10 indexed citations

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Reedman, Sarah, Roslyn N. Boyd, Stewart G. Trost, Catherine Elliott, & Leanne Sakzewski. (2018). Efficacy of Participation-Focused Therapy on Performance of Physical Activity Participation Goals and Habitual Physical Activity in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 100(4). 676–686. 52 indexed citations

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Sakzewski, Leanne, Sarah Reedman, & Tammy Hoffmann. (2016). Do we really know what they were testing? Incomplete reporting of interventions in randomised trials of upper limb therapies in unilateral cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 59. 417–427. 27 indexed citations

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Thomas, Rajesh, et al.. (2012). GRIN: randomised trial of group versus individual models of physiotherapy for ambulant children with cerebral palsy following lower limb Botulinum Toxin-A. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Copeland, Lisa, et al.. (2012). Double blind randomized trial of Botulinum Toxin-A and therapy compared to sham and therapy for care and comfort goals in children with marked cerebral palsy. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Sakzewski, Leanne, et al.. (2012). Impact of intensive upper limb rehabilitation on quality of life a randomised trial for children with congenital hemiplegia. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Gilmore, Rose, Leanne Sakzewski, & Roslyn N. Boyd. (2008). A systematic review of the clinimetric properties of upper limb activity measures for 5-16 year old children with congenital hemiplegia. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 50. 66–67. 1 indexed citations

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