Currently, much attention is paid to the study of quality life patients suffering from chronic pathology. The closely related patient’s awareness confidence and well-being in many areas, not only with perception their physical condition, but also other aspects including social interactions, emotional experiences, spiritual values areas. Cerebral palsy a severe disabling disease presence motor d...

Parental age and birth order were studied in 251 patients with cerebral palsy. No parental age or birth order effects were observed in spastic quadriplegia or diplegia, but a paternal age effect was detected in those with athetoid/dystonic cerebral palsy and congenital hemiplegia. These observations indicate that some cases of athetoid/dystonic or hemiplegic cerebral palsy might arise by fresh ...

Parenting a child with cerebral palsy is at least as challenging as parenting a child with typical development. Caregivers of children with cerebral palsy are strongly influenced by the needs of their children. Although the body of literature addressing parent stress in families with a child with cerebral palsy is not large, the growing evidence has been supplemented and illuminated by the work...

Chairman Perlstein.’ In neuromuscular disabilities there are many problems to consider. However, about half of these comprise that group of diseases we know as cerebral palsy. We will start by orientating ourselves toward cerebral palsy, and in the discussion taking up the question of differential diagnosis and related subjects. Cerebral palsy is not a single disease but a group of conditions w...

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; ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of cerebral palsy in local children aged 6 to 12 years and to evaluate service utilisation by those children who attend mainstream schools. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Mainstream primary schools and special needs schools in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Headmasters or headmistresses of special needs schools, and various organisations that prov...

cerebral palsy is a term commonly used for conditions characterized by motor dysfunction due to non-progressive brain damage in early life. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of self-control and experimental-control feedback frequencies on the acquisition, retention and transfer of a throwing task in children with spastic cerebral palsy. from 1750 students with cerebral palsy in t...

abstract objective children suffering from cerebral palsy (cp), exhibit movement limitations and physiological abnormalities as compared to normal individuals. the objective of this study was to assess mechanical efficiency and certain cardiovascular indices before and after an exercise-rehabilitation program in children with dipelegia spastic cerebral palsy (experimental group) in comparison w...

Reproduction of any part is permitted provided that acknowledgement is given to the source. National Institute of Public Health would appreciate receiving any reproduction referring to, abstracting or citing any part of this production. Preface Cerebral palsy is defined as a permanent but not unchanging disorder. Nevertheless, paediatricians are the only medical specialists and they are in char...

The Test of Visual-Perceptual Skills (TVPS) was used to determine if children with cerebral palsy demonstrated problems in visual perception on a motor-free visual perception test. Twenty-four children with cerebral palsy and 24 normal children, all of normal intelligence, were given the TVPS. Results showed that children with cerebral palsy attained significantly lower mean perceptual quotient...