Cerebral palsy is a diagnosis that varies in type and severity of neurodevelopmental outcomes. People with cerebral palsy have impaired motor function, and in some cases also have cognitive disabilities. Cerebral palsy can be caused by environmental and/or genetic factors. Environmental causes of cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy can often be attributed to something that goes...
Cerebral Palsy
Many people with cerebral palsy have a difficult time writing due to limitations in muscular function, fine motor control, joint function, and range of motion. Fortunately, there are many types of assistive tools and technologies that can help people with cerebral palsy to write with greater ease. These can be broken down into a few...
A baby has hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) & cerebral palsy because her mom had placenta previa that the physician failed to appreciate & he delayed a necessary C-section delivery, causing the baby to experience severe birth asphyxia....
New treatment for cerebral palsy prevention looks promising. Allopurinol has been shown to increase oxygenation in an unborn baby in preliminary studies....
Children who have cerebral palsy have very important nutritional issues. In this article, we discuss strategies that parents can use to help their children get adequate nutrition....
A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood....