Purpose. This case study quantified kinematic and kinetic effects of gastrocnemius lengthening on gait in a Cerebral Palsy child with equinus foot. Methods. A 10-year-old diplegic child with Cerebral Palsy was evaluated with Gait Analysis (GA) before and after gastrocnemius fascia lengthening, investigating the lower limb joints kinematics and kinetics. Results. Kinematics improved at the level...

Objectives: This study aimed at evaluating the correlation between mother-child relationship and the rate of participation of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy in leisure time activities. Methods: This study is a descriptive and correlational research. The statistical population included cerebral palsy children aged 7-17 years with a mother who is at least 25 years old. A sample siz...

Instrumentation and System Design K.M. Baker, J.T. Long, S. Hassani, J. Lipsey, K. Reiners, W. Olson, P. Johnson, L. Kliebhan, J.D. Ackman, J.P. Schwab, G.F. Harris 1 Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center (OREC), Milwaukee, WI 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 3 Motion Analysis Laboratory, Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago, IL Int...

Background: Open hamstring lengthening (oHSL) is commonly performed to decrease knee contracture and improvegait and posture for children with spastic diplegia. Furthermore, percutaneous hamstring lengthening (pHSL) is alsogaining popularity as an alternative to the open approach. This study aimed to compare the results of pHSL versusoHSL and to determine the efficacy and safe...

how to cite this article: aggarwal a, mittal h, debnath skr, rai a. neuroimaging in cerebral palsy–report from north india. iran j child neurol. 2013 autumn; 7(3):41- 46.   objective only few indian reports exist on neuroimaging abnormalities in children with cerebral palsy (cp) from india.   materials & methods we studied the clinico-radiological profile of 98 children diagnosed as cp at a ter...

Mutations in the SPG3A gene (atlastin protein) cause approximately 10% of autosomal-dominant hereditary spastic paraplegia. Most patients with an SPG3A mutation present with a pure phenotype and early-onset disease, although complicated forms with peripheral neuropathy are also reported. We report a new heterozygous S398F mutation in exon 12 of the SPG3A gene causing a very early-onset spastic ...

Cerebral palsy is an established symptom complex that results from heterogeneous etiologies. Our understanding of the relative contribution of underlying etiologies to the occurrence of cerebral palsy is largely derived from studies lacking systematic neurologic evaluation or the application of contemporary imaging modalities. Throughout a 10-year inclusive period, the case records of all conse...