INTRODUCTION Executive Committee for the Definition of Cerebral Palsy Martin Bax DM FRCP, Co-chairman, Emeritus Reader in Child Health, Division of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College, London, UK. Murray Goldstein* DO, Co-chairman, Medical Director, United Cerebral Palsy Research & Educational Foundation, Washington DC, USA. Peter Rosenbaum MD, CanChild Centre for Childhoo...

BACKGROUND This paper assesses the usefulness of the Child Health Computing System as a source of information about children with cerebral palsy. METHODS A comparative survey of information held on the Child Health Computing System (CHCS) and the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register (NICPR) in one Health and Social Services Board in Northern Ireland was carried out. The sample comprised c...

Introduction: Cerebral palsy is the leading cause of disability worldwide and Zambia has its fair share cases. Most parents/caregivers children with at University Teaching Hospital started attending physiotherapy late when their were over one year Therefore, aim this study was to explore perceptions mothers towards factors contributing intervention Hospital. Furthermore, assess knowledge betwee...

OBJECTIVE The findings demonstrated that parents of children with cerebral palsy experience elevated levels of distress, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptom and subjective symptom of stress and low quality of life. Effective interventions targeting relapse have the potential to dramatically reduce the point prevalence of this condition. Many studies have shown that Mindfulness Bas...

background: consequences of cerebral palsy in adulthood can affect physical, psychological capabilities and quality of life. the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of life with spasticity and level of motor function in iranian young adults with spastic cerebral palsy who were community dweller. methods: in an analytical cross sectional study, 77 participan...

objective  cerebral palsy (cp) is the most common cause of chronic disability that restricts participation in areas of occupations for children. according to the occupational therapy practice framework (otpf) the participation areas or occupations consisting of 8 areas (activity daily of living (adl), instrumental activity daily of living (iadl), work, play, leisure, education, rest/sleep/ soci...

Objectives: Most definitions equate Quality of Life with motor function. The aim of this study is to examine the association between gross motor function and Quality of Life for children with cerebral palsy. Methods: In this analytical cross–sectional study, 60 children with cerebral palsy aged 4-12 were selected through convenience sampling based on inclusion criteria from occupationa...

AIM To examine the relationship between maternal mental health problems and the time required by mothers to care for children with cerebral palsy (CP). METHOD Cross-sectional study of 158 mothers of children with cerebral palsy (98 males, 60 females; mean age 11y 3mo, range 6-17y). Gross Motor Function Classification System levels of the children were 37% level I, 20% level II, 9% level III, ...