Children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy, a movement disorder that affects use of one side of the body, showed improved use of the arm and hand after receiving a high dose of Constraint-Induced ...

Doctors use a few different scales when looking at how cerebral palsy affects your body and life. It’s important to note that these scales aren’t progressive. Cerebral palsy is a motor condition that ...

Defining cerebral palsy only as a childhood condition fails to acknowledge the many adults living with the disease. In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy ...

Chelsea Mobbs is a university physiotherapy lecturer at UniSQ and co-owns a private paediatric allied health practice. She has previously received grant funding for her PhD research from the ...

Signs of cerebral palsy in a newborn may include abnormal movements and stiff or floppy muscles. Doctors usually diagnose the condition when a child is older. Symptoms of cerebral palsy can first ...

Cerebral palsy is a common disorder caused by a disturbance to the fetal or newborn brain. The injury usually occurs before birth or shortly thereafter, but signs of cerebral palsy may not be visible ...

Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (SDCP) is a form of cerebral palsy that causes muscle stiffness and spasms in a person’s legs and, sometimes, arms. This is due to damage to the motor cortex of the ...

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is the second-most-common type of cerebral palsy (CP) in the U.S. All forms of cerebral palsy are life-long conditions that affect muscle movement and control. CPs are the ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have taken existing questionnaires used to measure chronic pain and made them accessible for children and young people with cerebral palsy. Subscribe to our ...

Cerebral palsy is the most common lifelong physical disability, affecting an estimated 18 million people worldwide. Our recent research at the University of Surrey shows that misconceptions about ...