The case is described of a 20-year-old man with adrenoleukodystrophy who showed right spastic hemiparesis and gait disturbance. Brain magnetic resonance imaging disclosed predominant involvement of the left corticospinal pathway. The clinical symptoms improved after bone marrow transplantation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation disclosed significant improvement in various parameters of central ...

The present study focuses on the ability of participants with spastic hemiparesis caused by cerebral palsy to adjust an ongoing movement. Typical symptoms associated with the disorder would lead one to expect that people with spastic hemiparesis would be unable to adjust their movements quickly and proportionally to a sudden change in the environment with their spastic arm. The results of the p...

The causes of infantile cerebral palsies, and especially of diplegia, have been much argued. Collier's (1924) able discussion of diplegia shows the incontlusiveness of many of the arguments. Before studying particular features, it seemed reasonable to survey the histories antecedent to the development of palsy obtained in a series of cases. The term ' infantile cerebral palsy ' includes several...

Background: Cerebral palsy is the most common pediatric physical disability, with an incidence of 2.0–2.5 cases per 1000 births. Spastic hemiplegia accounts for more than one third of all new cases and the impairments of upper extremities affect the functional independence and quality of life. Methods: Ten children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy were treated by conventional therapy and Hand ar...

One of the oldest and probably well-known examples of cerebral palsy is the mummy of the Pharaoh Siptah about 1196-1190 B.C., and a letter from Hippocrates (460-390 B.C.). Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common congenital or acquired neurological impairments in paediatric patients, and refers to a group of children with motor disability and related functional defects. The visible core of...

Congenital lesions of a cerebral hemisphere may involve its optic tract primarily or trans-synaptically. Such lesions produce a distinctive retrograde hypoplasia in each optic nerve and retina (Fig. I, overleaf) which we have identified ophthalmoscopically and have named homonymous hemioptic hypoplasia. This report describes and illustrates fundoscopic features of this neuro-ophthalmological an...

OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors and associated types of cerebral palsy in a squatter settlement of Karachi. METHODS The pilot cross-sectional study was conducted in Karachi during 2010 and 2011. Data was collected through an interviewed questionnaire from the mothers of cerebral palsy victims children from a population of 6000. Sample sizes of 20 pre-diagnosed victims were selected th...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of tetanic faradic stimulation in an antagonist muscle (tibialis anterior) on agonist muscles (gastro-soleus). In addition, to show the effects of maintaining agonist muscle strength on antagonist spastic muscle group to improve gait parameters in children with spastic hemiplegia. METHODS We carried out the study at Pamukkale University, School of Physical...

BACKGROUND The attention of pediatric specialists has been continuously attracted to the problem of cerebral palsy (CP) and the formation of behavioral and motor skills in the initial years of life in these patients. This work aimed at studying the specifics of intra- and interhemispheric connections in the motor domain in children with CP as well as their dynamics in the process of rehabilitat...