The 2017 Strategic Plan for Cerebral Palsy Research is finished and was recently announced by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The plan identifies several research priorities that have…
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.
Non-ambulatory patients with cerebral palsy (CP) have increased bone loss in their spine and thigh bones — accompanied by increased levels of a factor known as sclerostin — compared to CP patients who can walk. These findings might offer researchers an insight into the biological processes guarding bone loss, which may…
Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy reduced the risk of premature births at an urban medical center by 60 percent, a study reports. A key implication of the research is that fewer premature births translate into fewer disorders such as cerebral palsy that are associated with preterm deliveries. Researchers featured the…
Researchers at two universities in the U.K. have managed to map where spontaneous brain activity occurs in healthy preterm infants. This advancement could lead to a better understanding of how the absence of this activity is linked to the development of cerebral palsy and other disabilities. The research team combined…
Researchers at King’s College London showed that the DLG4 gene is implicated in brain damage in preterm babies and that it may act as a modulator of inflammation in the brain throughout development. The study, “Integrative genomics of microglia implicates DLG4 …
Australian researchers are testing a new device to measure foot control in order to improve walking ability for teens and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP). A team led by Shari O’Brien of the University of Queensland’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences will evaluate if the newly designed…
About 20 young Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) patients with cerebral palsy or other physical challenges had the opportunity to go horseback riding recently, an accomplishment many “didn’t realize they could achieve,” as one HSS staffer put it. The New York-based, academic specialty hospital, which exclusively…
A new international team has been formed by the Australian Cerebral Palsy Research Group at the University of Adelaide to investigate previously unknown genetic causes of cerebral palsy (CP). The new group, called the International Cerebral Palsy Genomics Consortium, has members from…
Researchers at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) reported that survival rates among premature babies have increased in recent years, but these children still have a high risk for developmental setbacks. A study reporting the…