INTRODUCTION Cerebral palsy is the most common cause of physical disability in early childhood. Epilepsy is known to have a high association with cerebral palsy. All types of epileptic seizures can be seen in patients with cerebral palsy. Complex partial and secondary generalized ones are the most frequent seizure types. In persons with cerebral palsy and mental retardation, the diagnosis of ep...

Fifteen normal preschool children and 15 preschool children with cerebral palsy were presented with 10 pairs of objects and asked to identify their preference for one of the objects in each of the pairs. Five objects of different textures were used. The children only handled the objects; they did not view them during testing. The children with cerebral palsy chose hard objects significantly mor...

Cerebral palsy is one of the commonest children's physical handicaps with frequency of 1.5-3/1000. Beside many other disturbances, these children may have serious disorders caused by dental diseases. Concerning this fact, the objective of our study was to examine children with cerebral palsy in our contry and determine condition of dental health and suggest adequate protective measures. A total...

CONTEXT Lack of a valid classification of severity of cerebral palsy and the absence of longitudinal data on which to base an opinion have made it difficult to consider prognostic issues accurately. OBJECTIVE To describe patterns of gross motor development of children with cerebral palsy by severity, using longitudinal observations, as a basis for prognostic counseling with parents and for pl...

Children with Cerebral Palsy require all the usual health care recommended for any child. Parents maybe require instructional practices related to safety environment, feeding programs, immunization, hearing, vision, and dental screening and use of assistive devices. Caregiver plays as essential role in the early identification and observation of growth patterns of children with Cerebral Palsy; ...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To determine in children the proportion and characteristics of epilepsy associated with cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and language and communication difficulties in a specific population of two special schools. BASIC PROCEDURES Retrospective review of case notes for 142 children in two special schools (school A and school B) in Newcastle, UK MAIN FINDINGS: School ...

BACKGROUND Children with cerebral palsy show dysfunctional postural control which interferes with their functional performance and daily-life activities. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to identify the effect of a 3D supporting garment on trunk postural control and interjoint coordination during gait in children with bilateral cerebral palsy. METHODS We analyzed tridimensional trunk moti...

Video recordings were made of 67 children with cerebral palsy and 64 able bodied children eating soft boiled ('non-mashed') and mashed potato. Those children with cerebral palsy who had no speech, presumed to have poor oral motor function, took significantly longer to eat non-mashed than mashed potato. Children with cerebral palsy, especially those with no speech, were more likely to cough or c...

OBJECTIVES To assess the association of Apgar score 5 minutes after birth with cerebral palsy in both normal weight and low birthweight children, and also the association with the cerebral palsy subdiagnoses of quadriplegia, diplegia, and hemiplegia. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING The Medical Birth Registry of Norway was used to identify all babies born between 1986 and 1995....