In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy than children. Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still label cerebral palsy as "the most ...

The study compared 1,700 adults with cerebral palsy and 5,000 adults without cerebral palsy to identify how many developed non-infectious diseases, such as asthma or stroke. The research is ...

Medication and Therapy Profiles for Pain and Symptom Management Among Adults With Cerebral Palsy. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes , 2025; 9 (2): 100597 DOI: 10.1016/j ...

This disconnect can lead to adults with cerebral palsy being prescribed medications that aren’t the correct treatment for the source of their concerns, creating patterns of people taking drugs ...

He says it has led to a dearth of data on adults living with cerebral palsy and fosters a misperception that CP occurs only in children. Advertisement.

Cerebral palsy is often listed as the underlying cause of death for patients, however CP does not, itself, cause death in adult patients. Providers are concerned that this inaccuracy negatively ...

The challenges that adults in Ireland with cerebral palsy face expose gaps in our healthcare system that need to be addressed Approximately 3,000 children and 9,000 adults live with cerebral palsy ...

Adults with cerebral palsy are frequently prescribed medications that do not correspond to their specific symptoms, leading to unnecessary or potentially harmful treatments.