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The Cervical Spine in Athetoid Cerebral Palsy
We have reviewed the cervical spine radiographs of 180 patients with athetoid cerebral palsy and compared them with those of 417 control subjects. Disc degeneration occurred earlier and progressed more rapidly in the patients, with advanced disc degeneration in 51%, eight times the frequency in normal subjects. At the C3/4 and C4/5 levels, there was listhetic instability in 17% and 27% of the p...
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Communication is an important act in the development and empowerment of human beings. Through language, humans communicate their needs, desires, moods... Unfortunately, many physical and mental disabilities deprive some people of such communication means. Nowadays various Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems exist in order to help people with disabilities. Virtual keyboards ...
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The acute onset of symptoms of severe cervical radiculo-myelopathy in four patients with athetoid-dystonic cerebral palsy is reported. Neurological and radiological examination showed that the spondylotic changes of the cervical spine were responsible for new neurological deficits leading to the patients being bedridden. Dystonic-athetoid neck movements may cause excessive axial neck rotation a...
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Although several studies report various treatment solutions for cervical spondylotic myelopathy in patients with athetoid cerebral palsy, long-term follow-up studies are very rare. None of the reported treatment solutions represent a gold standard for this disease owing to the small number of cases and lack of long-term follow-up. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of laminoplasty with l...
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People with multiple physical impairments are not capable of using proper pointer devices, thus diminishing their opportunities to communicate and learn through computers. This research design used a replicated single-case experimental approach to compare the individual performance of two students with speech impairments and quadriplegic athetoid cerebral palsy in using four different computer-...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1912
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591571200501548