A new computer-based method developed to identify gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy can help clinicians use gait for diagnosis and to assess treatment outcomes, according to researchers. The varied gait features in kids with cerebral palsy pose challenges related to disease management, therapy, evaluation of treatment outcomes, and…
Pediapharm has been making its treatment for drooling available to Canadian children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and other neurological conditions. Health Canada opened the door to Cuvposa’s (glycopyrrolate’s) distribution when it approved it in November 2017. “Our sales force has been trained and is eager to communicate with health care…
Using a range of measures to assess cerebral palsy patients’ twitching, then adjusting the treatment to the patient, is better than giving each a commonly used standard or high dose, a study reports. Twitching, or spasticity, is a common feature of many neurological diseases. It causes movement problems, saps a…
A set of 13 new emoji designed to represent people with disabilities has been proposed by Apple to the Unicode Consortium. Apple expects the new figures and objects to provide a more inclusive experience and better diversity in the emoji universe. The emoji were developed in collaboration with internationally…
Extremely premature and underweight newborns have a greater risk of developing cerebral palsy or other motor impairments by the time they are 8 years old, according to Australian researchers. Their study, “Motor Impairment Trends in Extremely Preterm Children: 1991-2005,” was published in the journal Pediatrics. Over…
Canadian researchers developed an at-home virtual rehabilitation system for people with weakness on one side of their body, then tested it in a two-month-long cerebral-palsy-related study (NCT02290353). The team talked with those who tried the motion capture-based system, their physical therapists, and engineers involved in the project to come up…
Identifying the ON/OFF signals that regulate certain genes may help detect the risk of cerebral palsy in infants, allowing access to critical early interventions, according to researchers. The study from Australia, “Epigenome-wide analysis in newborn blood spots from monozygotic twins discordant for cerebral palsy reveals consistent regional differences…
Disabled Canadians are nearly twice as likely to be victims of a violent crime than those without a disability, according to a Statistics Canada report. The agency arranged a survey in 2014 on how many crimes Canadians with disabilities experience. About 3.8 million Canadians aged 15 and older have cerebral palsy and other…
Parents of children born prematurely and diagnosed with cerebral palsy experience cumulative emotional burden and more distress when transitioning their child from neonatal care to developmental and rehabilitative services. That finding, a study published in the journal Developmental Neurorehabilitation, revealed that despite family-centered practices used, additional interventions are still…
Excessive weight or obesity in a pregnant woman may increase her child’s risk of being born with cerebral palsy, a study reports. The study, “Association between maternal overweight or obesity and cerebral palsy in children: A meta-analysis” published in the journal PLOS One, determined that a significant link existed…