spastic diplegia Archives

Long Term Functional Outcomes After SDR

Long term follow up data was analyzed pre-operatively, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years and 15 years from 102 patients with spastic cerebral palsy who had a selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). The results indicated the following: statistically significant improvements seen in spasticity, Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), activities of daily living up to 10 and […]

July 23, 2012/by Your Therapy Source

cerebral palsy, spastic diplegia

Upper Extremity Function and Spastic Cerebral Palsy

A recent study looked at upper limb deformities, upper limb function and its relation to gross motor function. The researchers analyzed data from 234 children with spastic cerebral palsy. The results indicated the following: 70.5% had a limitation in forearm supination 62.8% had problems with wrist and finger extension in at least one limb Thumb-in-palm […]

August 30, 2011/by Your Therapy Source

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