Spastic cerebral palsy is a disorder that involves muscle stiffness. Symptoms and signs may include difficulty walking, trouble manipulating objects, and vision, hearing, or speech challenges.

Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in childhood, affecting movement, posture, and muscle coordination. While some children receive a diagnosis in infancy, many families experience a ...

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 ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My son and daughter-in-law, who live in Singapore, have a 2-year-old daughter who was born about six weeks prematurely. She weighed 3 pounds, 3 ounces. Today, she looks perfectly ...

Cerebral palsy is a condition usually caused by brain damage before or during birth, resulting in impaired posture and movement.

Cerebral palsy is a condition usually caused by brain damage before or during birth, resulting in impaired posture and movement. A Japanese research team has demonstrated in rat experiments that stem ...

University of Utah investigators who lead the Utah Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (URADD) have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track ...