U.S. researchers have been awarded a $2.7 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how technology can potentially boost language therapy for children with severe speech disorders, including those with cerebral palsy (CP). The study will be led by researchers at the University of…
UCLA has scheduled an event on Saturday that will let cerebral palsy patients, family members, and medical experts exchange ideas on topics ranging from managing the disease to enabling patients to play computer games. The Family Forum on March 17 was organized by the UCLA Orthopedic Institute for Children’s Center…
A group of young patients with cerebral palsy (CP) or another condition affecting body movement, muscle control, posture or balance, learned valuable lessons about self-confidence, independence, and mobility on a recent ski trip to Windham Mountain, sponsored by the Adaptive Sports Academy at New York City’s…
The Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, in Wilmington, Delaware, has hired Michael W. Shrader as its new division chief for cerebral palsy. Shrader graduated from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic. He did…
A smartphone app used in remote communities in India will now be used in rural areas of Australia to provide early detection and adequate intervention in babies born with cerebral palsy (CP). The initiative, called Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents (LEAP-CP), uses video taken on a smartphone to…
The March of Dimes will mobilize staff and volunteers to help families with newborns in intensive care units at hospitals in the United States to celebrate their first Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa as a family. The initiative for families whose babies were born preterm will help create a warm first…
Researchers at Imperial College London and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust report that the overall incidence rate of brain injury among newborns — an injury at or soon after birth — is 5 per 1,000 live births in England. Trauma, specifically events that deprive the brain of…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a $2 million grant to the UC Davis Department of Pediatrics to provide five years of financial support for a new telemedicine program for children with disabilities living in remote communities. The grant will fund the School-Based Tele-Physiatry…
Health Canada has approved Cuvposa (glycopyrrolate) to treat chronic severe drooling in children aged 3 to 18 years old with cerebral palsy (CP) and other neurological conditions. Montreal-based Pediapharm developed Cuvposa to address excessive the saliva production — also known as sialorrhea — often found in children with CP, as…
Researchers from the NIH Clinical Center’s Rehabilitation Medicine Program have developed the first robotic exoskeleton specially designed to help treat crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Crouch (or flexed-knee) gait is the excessive bending of the knees while walking, a common and debilitating condition in children with CP.