Cerebral Palsy News

October 2, 2003, "Cerebral Palsy Incidence Linked to Birth Weight"
New cerebral palsy studies indicate that cerebral palsy births are more likely to occur when children are born either too big or too small. The study compared data from 10 European birth registers of 4,500 children born with cerebral palsy and found babies with a low weight for their gestational age had a four to six time greater likelihood of having cerebral palsy. Read Full Article....

September 9, 2003, "Cerebral Palsy Patient Endures Great Pain During Search for a Doctor"
A common cerebral palsy effect of the permanent condition can be contractures, or the tightening of tendons and muscles. The way of treating contractures is to have surgery performed in order to relieve the painful cerebral palsy side effect. The cerebral palsy patient’s mother believes the cerebral palsy was caused when a doctor moved his breathing tube after surgery for an intestinal blockage when he was a baby that cut off his air. Read Full Article...

February 9, 2004, "Children with Cerebral Palsy Benefit from Stroke Therapy"
Babies and children with certain types of cerebral palsy can learn to use their neglected arms through an intensive form of therapy originally intended for adult stroke victims, a new study has found.

Constraint-induced movement therapy requires placing the child's good arm in a cast for three weeks. A therapist then works with the child one on one, six hours a day, six days a week to practice movements using the bad arm. This practice, referred to as “shaping”, allows the child to improve gradually. Read Full Article...