Self-Esteem & Disability in Cerebral Palsy

Hi, Everyone! I’m back again, I hope you’ve been having a wonderful day! To be honest, I struggled with what to write next following my introductory post. I panned through my list of story ideas for quite some time before settling on this one. I hope I made the right…

Assessment Tool for Cerebral Palsy May Help Determine if Surgery of Benefit to a Child

Researchers have developed a new quantitative way of assessing motor control in children with cerebral palsy. The method, called the Dynamic Motor Control Index During Walking (Walk-DMC), may be useful in improving dynamic motor control, which is associated with better clinical outcomes, and for predicting the likely benefit of aggressive treatments such as surgery. The…

Study of Dendrimers in Cerebral Palsy Animal Model Points to New Therapeutic Target

Neuroinflammatory microgial cells from cerebral palsy animal models interact differently with dendrimers, a delivery vehicle that can be further explored for new therapeutics targeting microglial cell behavior. The study, “Microglial migration and interactions with dendrimer nanoparticles are altered in the presence of neuroinflammation,” was published in the Journal of…

‘Think to Speak’ App Technology Is a Reality for People with Impaired Verbal Communication

Santa Barbara, California-based sensory communication startup Smartstones recently unveiled the first sensorial communication platform allowing any sensory internet of things (iOT) device to become a communication tool — a major breakthrough in the world of assistive communication technology. With Smartstones’ :prose app and an EEG headset, you can send text messages…