Posted on March 31st 2010
Conclusions: The results confirm that in children with CP, an increase in muscle activity is primarily responsible for a catch in fast passive muscle stretch. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Posted on March 31st 2010
CONCLUSIONS: Data suggest the possibility that altered somatosensory brain processing in CP might be reflecting an enhanced excitability of the somatosensory cortex. SIGNIFICANCE: Assessment of somatosensory functions may have implications for future neuromodulatory treatment of pain complaints and motor rehabilitation programs in children and adults with cerebral palsy.
PMID: 20363181 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Clinical Neurophysiology)
Posted on March 31st 2010
Cerebral palsy is a nightmare for a child, parents and obstetrician. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Posted on March 31st 2010
Authors: H Nakanishi, S Yamanaka, T Koriyama, N Shishida, N Miyagi, T-J Kim
& S Kusuda (Source: Journal of Perinatology)
Posted on March 31st 2010
The Detroit area's congressional delegation and local medical officials are lobbying to keep the NIH Perinatology Research Branch -- or PRB -- in the city, which has an elevated rate of premature births, the Detroit Free Press reports. The PRB -- one of a handful of NIH branches located outside of the agency's Bethesda, Md., headquarters -- provides maternal-fetal medicine services to women with high-risk pregnancies and performs research into related conditions, such premature birth and cerebral palsy... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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