Toning up but powering down: does mitochondrial dysfunction lead to loss of ambulation in cerebral palsy?

Prognosis for ambulation in cerebral palsy: a population-based study.

OBJECTIVES To determine independent predictors of ambulation among children with cerebral palsy and to develop a simple tool that estimates the probability that a child will walk. METHODS In a retrospective study of all children with cerebral palsy who were not yet walking at 2 to 3(1/2) years of age, while receiving services from the California Department of Developmental Services during the...

The potential for ambulation by severely handicapped cerebral palsy patients.

Whereas walking for paraplegic patients is now a routine clinical option, ambulation for heavily handicapped cerebral palsy patients is less well established. There are good reasons for supposing that therapeutic benefits similar to that achieved with paraplegic patients are possible for this group. However, the biomechanical problems which must be overcome are different and in many ways more d...

Association of Lead Levels and Cerebral Palsy

Background: Cerebral palsy is a common motor disability in childhood. Raised lead levels affect cognition. Children with cerebral palsy may have raised lead levels, further impairing their residual cognitive motor and behavioral abilities. Environmental exposure and abnormal eating habits may lead to increased lead levels. Aims and Objectives: To measure blood lead levels in children with cereb...

Lower urinary tract dysfunction in cerebral palsy.

The clinical features and management of 27 children with cerebral palsy referred with symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction were reviewed. The mean age at referral was 9.9 years. Daytime urinary incontinence was the commonest presenting symptom. Videourodynamic studies were abnormal in 23 patients (85%). Only two children had evidence of upper renal tract damage. Treatment was determined ...

Does weight gain lead to weight loss?