What is spastic cerebral palsy? Cerebral palsy is defined as a non-progressive neuromotor disorder of cerebral origin. There are many types of cerebral palsy, such as spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, ...

DNA patterns in circulating blood cells can be used to help identify spastic cerebral palsy (CP) patients through a blood test and even predict childhood leukemia show breakthrough results from a new ...

When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the DNA of worms living in Antarctica’s frigid seas to understand how the organisms managed to survive—and thrive—in the ...

A surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy is selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers ...

The most common type of CP diagnosed in the premature population is spastic CP. These infants are usually initially hypotonic, with spasticity developing over time. Spasticity is characterized by ...

Cerebral Palsy has been linked to a condition called cryptorchidism in males - when one or both of the testicles are not present in the scrotum. A new study in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ...

An Idaho family is seeking community support for their son's cerebral palsy treatment. Chelsey Davids hopes stem cell therapy ...

1 Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK 2 Medical Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK Background Spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) is a ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Dysport to treat upper- and lower-limb spasticity – including that caused by cerebral palsy – for patients as young as 2 years and older, ...

It’s the most common neurological disorder in children and affects about 3.1 for every 1,000 8-year old children, according to a 2014 study. Symptoms of CP vary in severity, but they usually come on ...