A five-year, $2.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) was given to The University of New England (UNE), in collaboration with the Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH) and the Maine Medical Center (MMC), to create Maine’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)…
A one-year study of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in South Korea showed that gross motor function significantly improved when the children received intensive physical therapy. The study, “Effect of physical therapy frequency on gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy,” was published in the Journal of Physical…
Before infants stand up, they have a rough idea of how to walk; they just need time to lay down the right neural wiring. Understanding how infants take their first steps can help to enhance rehabilitation for patients recovering from spinal cord injury and to help children with cerebral palsy.
Dr. Sidhartha Tan, an award-winning pediatrician, professor and medical researcher in Chicago, has been appointed as the division director of the Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Hutzel Women’s Hospital. Tan, also professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University School of…
The national World T.E.A.M. Sports, a nonprofit organization that hosts athletic events like mountain climbing, rafting, and biking for disabled and able-bodied citizens, was recently awarded a grant by the Dralla Foundation to help fund the Adventure Team Challenge, to take place in a national park northwest of Washington,…
A new study suggests that video games might improve upper body movement in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and adherence to physical therapy. The report, “Using Free Internet Videogames in Upper Extremity Motor Training for Children with Cerebral Palsy,“ appeared in the journal Behavioral…
The number and region of white matter and grey matter lesions in children with cerebral palsy (CP) may help predict motor and cognitive deficits, according to the study “Automated, quantitative measures of grey and white matter lesion burden correlates with motor and cognitive function in children with…
Children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP) have postural stability problems, either when standing or in movement, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Physical Therapy Science. Postural stability is the ability to maintain the body position without changing the base of support. It requires…
The University of Delaware (UD) organized and hosted a Cerebral Palsy Research Symposium on May 24, allowing investigators from different disciplines to explain their research, network, and seek new collaborative projects to fight the neurological disorder that currently has no cure. The event gathered researchers and clinicians from Nemours/Alfred…
Virginia Tech (VT) associate professor of mechanical engineering Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, will develop a robotic glove to facilitate the early diagnosis of cerebral palsy in children. Ben-Tzvi, founding director of the VT Engineering department’s Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, worked for years on…