Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect ... Spastic diplegia mostly involves muscle stiffness in the legs. Tight muscles in your legs and hips might cause trouble walking because ...

Children with cerebral palsy (CP) face many challenges including ... communication difficulties and cognitive deficits. Pain also may be a problem for children with CP due in part to the inherent ...

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is the second-most-common type of ... It’s called generalized dystonia when both of your legs and at least one arm are affected or your trunk and at least one limb.

Pain management is an important component of caring for adults with cerebral palsy. However, it's the least understood comorbidity in the adult cerebral palsy population. A study led by Mark ...

March 25th is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day ... Pharmacological interventions to manage spasticity, seizures, or pain. In some cases, surgery, including options such as Botox injections to relieve ...

Cerebral palsy should be reframed as “the most common lifelong physical disability,” instead of a childhood disorder, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation argues in a recent ...

Only recently has the secondary condition of pain been researched in adults with cerebral palsy. Results suggest pain is common in this population, with 67%-84% of participants reporting chronic ...