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All of this may have had an unwanted effect on the standard of health care for non\u2010COVID\u201019 patients, including children with neurological risk factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>To highlight the possibility that measures taken to mitigate the COVID\u201019 pandemic may lead to a substantial delay of examination by physical medicine specialists and timely rehabilitation programs for children with neurological risks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective medical history\u2010based study between 2020 and 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study was performed in Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University Hospital Centre of Split, Croatia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients<\/jats:title><jats:p>Children with neurological risk examined by pediatric physical rehabilitation specialists in the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine between January 2017 and December 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Case records of patients were reviewed, dividing them into groups according to severity of neurological risk and their age at the time of first examination. We also noted in what months of the year those examinations were performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measurements<\/jats:title><jats:p>The outcome was change in the number of the first examinations and the age of the patients when the examination was first performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>During the pandemic year 2020, the total number of first examinations was lower by 244 (38%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 34%\u201342%), and the number of first examinations of children with neurological risks was lower by 216 (36%; 95% CI: 33%\u201340%).On the contrary, in 2021, there was an increase in the total number of first examinations by 114 (18%; 95% CI: 15%\u201321%) and first examinations of children with neurological risks compared to the pre\u2010pandemic years by 97 (16%; 95% CI: 13%\u201320%). 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