These are the main movement disorders seen in children with cerebral palsy. Collectively they now represent 10 to 15% of children with CP, but there is a much higher proportion […]
Cerebral Palsy – Spastic Quadriplegia – GMFCS Level I – III
In preterm pattern quadriplegia, the legs are most involved and in full term pattern quadriplegia, the arms, hands, upper trunk and face more involved. The patterns are like bilateral […]
Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part Two
I have some real problems with classifying all children with hemiplegia into one basket. As I explained last week, (Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part […]
Cerebral Palsy – Hemiplegia – GMFCS I to III – Part One
The topography of hemiplegia is much more complex than diplegia. The differences relate both to the type and extent of brain damage as well as the timing of the injury. […]
Cerebral Palsy – Diplegia – GMFCS I to III
In spastic diplegia, the lower leg muscles are the most involved part of the body. Spasticity is most severe in the lower leg and it becomes less problematic as you […]
Cerebral Palsy – The Best Possible Outcome and How To Get It
Over my years of practice as a neonatologist and clinical neuroscientist, the most common question I have been asked is, “How bad is it?” quickly followed by “How do I […]
What Is Your Child’s Label?
The Gross Motor Functional Classification System or GMFCS is a new label applied to children with cerebral palsy and like all systems of classification, it has benefits and hazards. Person […]
Three R’s of Baby Brain Neuroplasticity
The working title of my new book is The Boy Who Could Run But Not Walk: How Neuroplasticity Rewires the Young Brain due out in September 2016. My final manuscript […]
Cerebral Palsy: The Timing of Damage is Important
Roughly 50% of children with CP have a defined perinatal risk factor and roughly 40% of the total number have Hemiplegia.1 Children with hemiplegia have damage on one side of […]
Neuroplasticity and Hands II: Awareness Precedes Activation
Once the wrist and hand is either able to maintain alignment or is supported in alignment, the next step is to increase the child’s awareness of the hand. This girl […]