Cerebral palsy is a term used for a group of nonprogressive, incurable brain disorders that affect motor control. There are four different types―spastic, dyskinetic/athetoid, ataxic, and mixed―with spastic being the most common. The main symptom of spastic cerebral palsy is stiff muscles. The subtypes are categorized by the number of limbs affected and the quality of movement. The affected limb...

Bell"s palsy is a neuropathy of the peripheral seventh cranial nerve, resulting from traumatic, compressive, infective, inflammatory or metabolic abnormalities or it can be idiopathic. HIV, Epstein-Barr virus and hepatitis B virus have been suspected as initiating organisms, but herpes simplex virus is the most frequently implicated. This report describes 2 cases of Bell"s palsy in children tha...

Objectives: Children who have a disorder in motor function often suffer from disorders in other areas of their daily lives, such as social and communicative functions. The social function of children with cerebral palsy has so far been less studied than other aspects. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the social function of children with cerebral palsy of 2 to 6 years old. Methods: Thi...

7. Bartlett D, Galuppi B, Palisano R, McCoy S. Consensus classifications of gross motor, manual ability, and communication function classification systems between therapists and parents of children with cerebral palsy. Letter to the Editor. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 2016;58:98-99. Consensus Classifications of the Gross Motor, Manual Ability, and Communication Function Classifi...

Oculomotor palsy is a mononeuropathy, which causes sudden unilateral ptosis and double vision. It often affects older people who have concurrent diabetes and/or hypertension. Oculomotor palsy generally resolves over three to four months as regeneration of affected nerve fibres. there is no effective biomedical treatment. In this report, I present a 76-yearold man who experienced left-sided ocul...

OBJECTIVE Most children with cerebral palsy have increased muscle tension in the lower extremities, which inevitably leads to abnormal gait characteristics. Proper management of excessive muscle tension is therefore of great importance. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of continuous passive motion on children with cerebral palsy, regarding their lower extremity spastic hypertoni...

OBJECTIVE To compare megadose steroid therapy (n = 17; group S) and lipoprostaglandin E(1) (lipo-PGE(1)) therapy (n = 14; group L) in patients with recent-onset Bell palsy complicated by diabetes. DESIGN A nonrandomized controlled trial was performed. The 2 groups were almost identical in age, sex distribution, and laterality, and there was no difference in the average palsy scores in the 2 g...

We present a case of peripheral facial palsy developing after the first dose AZD1222, Astra Zeneca`s COVID-19 vaccine. A 31- year-old female received her AZD1222 vaccine against COVID-19. Later same day, she developed swelling around neck and head. The next woke up with hanging eyelid, mouth loss sensibility on left side face- indications paralysis. She later hyperesthesia upper extremities. Be...