March 25th is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day ... Pharmacological interventions to manage spasticity, seizures, or pain. In some cases, surgery, including options such as Botox injections to relieve ...

Only recently has the secondary condition of pain been researched in adults with cerebral palsy. Results suggest ... described children with CP or spasticity as the largest group of patients ...

has suffered with cerebral palsy since birth – and more recently, the condition has affected his mobility. "It affects my legs quite badly and I have spasticity where my muscles contract and go ...

The most common combination in mixed cerebral palsy patients is dyskinetic/athetoid and spastic. From your baby’s first scheduled visit, your doctor will check for those milestones and measure subtle ...

Objective To determine the patterns of risk of intellectual disability in children with spastic CP. Design Cross-sectional, population-based study using the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register.

A young girl who used to fall up to 40 times a day has been diagnosed with a rare syndrome that leaves her feeling "trapped in her body". Matilda Monerawela, aged 10, was born with a ...

Dantrolene is the initial medication of choice for spasticity of cerebral origin, because it acts at the level of the peripheral muscle with minimal untoward central effects. The newest drug for ...

Cerebral palsy lawyers work with families to determine if their child’s condition may have been caused by medical malpractice. If a health care professional made a mistake before, during, or after ...

Patrick McCarty, a senior at Summit Christian Academy near Kansas City who has cerebral palsy, inspired both teams at a recent basketball game when he played with his varsity team for the very ...

However, owing to the early onset of the damage, impaired motor system development influences the mechanisms contributing to spasticity. In conclusion, children with cerebral palsy share some clinical ...