Both retrolental fibroplasia and cerebral diplegia are known to occur more frequently in infants born prematurely than in those born at term, and the chance association of the two conditions might therefore be expected in a small number of premature infants. In the course of two contemporary investigations, the first a survey of the occurrence of retrolental fibroplasia in the City of Edinburgh...

The International Workshop on the Definition and Classification of Cerebral Palsy have proposed a fresh definition and classification of cerebral palsy (CP; p 571). In their accompanying paper they explain their reasoning behind this. Why is there the need for revision of the widely accepted and comfortably familiar definitions of Bax1 and Mutch2? These definitions are beautifully succinct and ...

objectives: postural control deficit is one of the most important problems in children with spastic cerebral palsy (cp). the purpose of this paper is to review the reactive postural control in spastic children with cp. methods: researches on development of reactive postural control in typically developing (td) children and children with cerebral palsy (cp) were analyzed. results: the results of...

Preterm born children with spastic diplegia type of cerebral palsy and white matter injury or periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), are known to have motor, visual and cognitive impairments. Most diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) studies performed in this group have demonstrated widespread abnormalities using averaged deterministic tractography and voxel-based DTI measurements. Little is known about...

The aetiology of congenital cerebral diplegia has been controversial since the earliest medical interest in the condition. Some authors have considered birth injury to be directly causal in the majority of patients (Little, 1862; McNutt, 1885; Gowers, 1888). Others have postulated the existence of some underlying intrinsic abnormality of maternal reproductive capacity causing both disorders of ...

abstract objective children suffering from cerebral palsy (cp), exhibit movement limitations and physiological abnormalities as compared to normal individuals. the objective of this study was to assess mechanical efficiency and certain cardiovascular indices before and after an exercise-rehabilitation program in children with dipelegia spastic cerebral palsy (experimental group) in comparison w...

Objectives: The Micro Manual Muscle Tester (MMMT) is a Hand-Held Dynamometer (HHD). The current study aimed to evaluate the intra- and inter-rater reliability of this device. Methods: To determine the reliability of the MMMT, two previously trained assessors to work with HHD performed HHD measurements on 7 muscle groups of the lower extremities (hip flexors, hip extensors, hip abductors, knee ...

cerebral palsy is a term commonly used for conditions characterized by motor dysfunction due to non-progressive brain damage in early life. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of self-control and experimental-control feedback frequencies on the acquisition, retention and transfer of a throwing task in children with spastic cerebral palsy. from 1750 students with cerebral palsy in t...