372 CMYK limbs versus the lower extremities (cruciate palsy, brachial diplegia) is seen in the traumatic central cord syndrome or cervical spondylotic myelopathy of elderly patients. Brachial diplegia due to pyramidal tract involvement was first described by Mohr, while the term man-in-the-barrel syndrome (MIBS) was coined by Sage and Van Clitert to describe the clinical aspect of the patient w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of motor impairments and activity limitations and their inter-relationships in Dutch children with spastic cerebral palsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a population-based survey 119 children, age range 6-19 years, with spastic cerebral palsy were examined. Anthropometry, muscle tone, abnormal posture, joint range of motion, major orthopaedic impairments and gr...

The goal of the study was to investigate whether motor imagery (MI) could be observed in cerebral palsy (CP) participants presenting a bilateral affected body side (diplegia) as it has been previously revealed in participants presenting a unilateral body affected sided (hemiplegia). MI capacity for walking was investigated in CP adolescents diagnosed with hemiplegia (n=10) or diplegia (n=10) an...

BACKGROUND A rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) consists of facial diplegia and paresthesia, but an even more rare association is with facial hemiplegia, similar to Bell's palsy. This case report is of this rare variant of GBS that was associated with IgG antibodies to galactocerebroside and phosphatidic acid. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old man presented with lower left facial palsy and p...