Design Cross-sectional, population-based study using the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register. Participants Persons born in 1981–2008 with congenital bilateral or unilateral spastic CP (N=1452).

People with spastic CP have increased muscle tone which causes their muscles to become ... Because there are very mild and very severe forms of cerebral palsy , a variety of signs can indicate the ...

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For those curious, my diagnosis is cerebral palsy spastic diplegia with a hint of ... for those with severe and sustained spasticity, a Baclofen pump can be inserted. There have been times I ...

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 ...

Only recently has the secondary condition of pain been researched in adults with cerebral palsy ... especially in children with severe spastic quadriplegia who are nonambulatory (Bleck, 1987).

South Africa A 17-year-old boy with known severe cerebral palsy presented with cough, fever and shortness of breath. He was a spastic quadriplegic with muscle weakness, severe scoliosis and poor cough ...

Methods and results This report describes an autosomal recessive form of spastic tetraplegic cerebral palsy with profound intellectual disability ... drooling, and jerky nystagmus. Severe cognitive ...

Evidence for abnormal joint torque coupling in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy. Program No. 769.26/DD67 ... Ellis MD, Dewald JP.Head rotation influences reaching range of motion in ...

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In clinical practice, signs of exaggerated tendon tap reflexes associated with muscle hypertonia are generally thought to be responsible for spastic movement disorders ... In conclusion, children with ...