Objectives: Cerebral palsy is the most common type of permanent movement and posture disorder in children leading to activity limitations. Childrenchr('39')s participation is influenced by their functional ability, skills, interests, and environmental factors. The objective of the study was to describe parent perception of environmental barriers to participation of children with cerebral palsy....

Periventricular white matter injury (PWI) is a major form of brain injury observed in congenital hemiparesis. The aim of this study is to determine the usefulness of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fibre tracking in delineating the primary and secondary degenerative changes in cerebral white matter and deep grey matter in patients with spastic cerebral palsy due to PWI and to look for any po...

how to cite this article: aggarwal a, mittal h, debnath skr, rai a. neuroimaging in cerebral palsy–report from north india. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn; 7(3):41- 46.   objective only few indian reports exist on neuroimaging abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy (cp) from india.   materials & methods we studied the clinico-radiological profile of 98 children diagnosed as cp at a ter...

background and purpose: speech intelligibility refers to how speech is understandable by listeners.  this study examined speech intelligibility in children (persian native speakers) with spastic cerebral palsy aged 8-12 years old. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was performed in 31dysarthric students (….. boys and …..girls)  in tehran, 2014. a list of words and sentences were pre...

abstract background: nowadays, caregivers’ general health has an influential impact on patients’ and attendants’ education as well as the management of chronic diseases. this study aimed to design, develop and evaluate an android application based on a user-led approach to educate caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. methods: to conduct this applied developmental study, we first assessed...

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...

Background: Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) is a leading cause of hemiparetic cerebral palsy. Multiple risk factors are associated with PAIS but studies limited by small sample sizes and complex interactions. Unbiased machine learning applied to larger datasets may enable the development robust predictive models. We aimed use identify compare these existing literature. Methods: Common...

how to cite this article: gajewska e, sobieska m, samborski w. associations between manual abilities, gross motor function, epilepsy, and mental capacity in children with cerebral palsy. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):45-52. objective this study aimed to evaluate gross motor function and hand function in children with cerebral palsy to explore their association with epilepsy and mental c...