Children with moderate-to-severe spastic cerebral palsy experience more lower, but not upper, leg muscle fatigue when walking compared to healthy children, a case control study shows. The study, “Lower limb muscle fatigue during walking in children with cerebral palsy,” was published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology.
Botox (Dysport) injections in lower leg muscles improve muscle tone, movement and gait in children with spastic cerebral palsy and lasts up to three months, regardless of the number of treatment sessions, a new study shows. The study, “Effectiveness of multiple botulinum toxin sessions and the duration…
Extensive motor analysis to evaluate several gait parameters is among the good predictors of Achilles tendon lengthening surgery success in children with spastic cerebral palsy, according to a cross-sectional retrospective study. The study, “Use of 3D gait analysis as predictor of achilles tendon lengthening surgery outcomes in children…
Mild hand impairments in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy are linked to lesions in specific regions of the brain made up of white matter — myelinated nerve segments, or axons, that are responsible for the transmission of nerve signals between different areas of the brain, a study says.
DNA modifications in circulating blood cells could be used one day as a test to distinguish patients with spastic cerebral palsy from healthy individuals with an accuracy of 73 percent, new research shows. The study, “Epigenetic machine learning: utilizing DNA methylation patterns to predict spastic cerebral palsy,” was…
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has the potential to improve diagnosis, genetic counseling, and personalized treatment of patients with atypical cerebral palsy, a study says. The study, “Atypical cerebral palsy: genomics analysis enables precision medicine,” was published in the journal Genetics in Medicine. Cerebral palsy (CP) comprises a group…