Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor disability in childhood, affecting about one in 323 children in the United States. It's caused by brain damage and affects a person's muscle tone, balance, ...

Cerebral palsy lawyers work with families to determine if their child’s condition may have been caused by medical malpractice. If a health care professional made a mistake before, during, or after ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a diagnostic label representing ... spontaneous movement and muscle contraction, in addition to hypertonia and rigidity (Dzienkowski et al., 1996). Spastic CP is the most ...

Hypertonia Abnormal increase in muscle tension and a reduced ability of a muscle to stretch, due to a neurological condition, such as cerebral palsy, brain injury or multiple sclerosis. Ataxia Lack of ...

In conclusion, children with cerebral palsy share some clinical signs and mechanisms underlying movement disorder ... with the search terms “spasticity”, “spastic movement disorder”, “exaggerated ...

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Another complicating factor in the early assessment of the premature infant is the fluctuation or transient nature of muscle tone. The incidence of transient neurologic abnormalities ranges from ...

Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by multiple disease mechanisms, but all result in a disruption of cerebral blood flow with subsequent tissue damage. This review covers the mechanisms ...

6, 2024 — Using hypertonic saline nasal drops can reduce the length of the common cold in children by two days, according to a new study. They can also reduce the onward transmission of colds to ...

Onset of symptoms is in the early developmental period. The motor skills deficits are not better explained by intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder) or visual impairment and are ...