Adaptive Seating Improves Children’s Posture Control, Social Activity, Study Finds

Introducing an adaptive seating system into the wheelchairs of children with non-ambulatory cerebral palsy (CP) may be associated with short-term gains in body function, social activities, and participation, and with positive effects in other aspects of the child’s environment, according to a recent study. The study, “…

Finding of Bone Loss Marker in Non-Ambulatory CP Patients May Aid in Future Research

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…