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 ...
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 can cause muscle spasms and many other hypertonic symptoms. The symptoms can be treated in a variety of ways, often starting with physical therapy. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of ...
A neurologic disorder is any condition that affects the brain and nerves throughout the body. Common neurologic conditions in children include epilepsy, cerebral palsy, attention deficit hyperactivity ...
A large study analyzing the DNA of children with cerebral palsy has found a high prevalence of genomic variation that likely contributes to the risk of developing the condition. The investigators ...
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 ...