Secondary conditions of the musculoskeletal system in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy

CG Gajdosik, N Cicirello - Physical & occupational therapy in …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a disability that affects individuals throughout their lifespan. Adolescents
and adults with CP are at risk for many secondary conditionsconditions of people with …

The adult with cerebral palsy

KP Murphy - Orthopedic Clinics, 2010 - orthopedic.theclinics.com
… of secondary conditions in people with disability. Obesity is a secondary condition of
concern in the adult with decreased metabolic rate and lack of exercise. Heller and colleagues …

Health, mortality, and wellness issues in adults with cerebral palsy

MA Turk - Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… , as more people with such disabilities live through their adultadulthood, and health concerns
persist. Much of the conventional wisdom about aging and secondary conditions for adults

Medical and Functional Status of Adults Wth Cerebral Palsy

KP Murphy, GE Molnar… - Developmental Medicine & …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
… are approximately 400,000 adults with cerebral palsy in the … the increased life-expectancy
of adults in general. Despite this, … A number of conditions associated with cerebral palsy were …

Secondary Disabilities of Adult with Cerebral Palsy

K SATO - The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2001 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… with cerebral palsy become aged. Psychosocial problems as well as issues on disorders of
… , but this paper will mainly discuss actual conditions of orthopedic problems and the present …

[PDF][PDF] Incidence of epilepsy in adults with cerebral palsy and secondary health outcomes: a review and proposed feasibility study

T Oliveira, J Carollo, D Robertson, Z Pan, P Heyn - J Neurol Disord, 2014 - academia.edu
… develop protocols and better provide long-term care to the specific needs of the adults with
cerebral palsy and its associated disorders, such as epilepsy [16]. Furthermore, patients with …

Prevalence of secondary impairments of adults with cerebral palsy according to gross motor function classification system

EY Park, WH Kim - Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… of secondary impairments in adults with cerebral palsy. [Subjects and Methods] The study
sample included 52 adults with cerebral palsy … Pain is a common secondary condition in adults

Adults with cerebral palsy: a workshop to define the challenges of treating and preventing secondary musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications in this rapidly …

LL Tosi, N Maher, DW Moore… - … Medicine & Child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… evidence-based medicine in the care of adults with CP? • Which interventions are most
often and most successfully used to prevent secondary conditions and agerelated problems? …

[HTML][HTML] Caracterization of adults with cerebral palsy

ALM Margre, MGL Reis, RLS Morais - Brazilian Journal of Physical …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
… : Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a group of permanent disorders of the … are attributed to non-progressive
disorders which occur in the fetal or … OBJECTIVE: To characterize adults with CP through …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral palsy: an overview

KW Krigger - American family physician, 2006 - aafp.org
… of cerebral palsy includes metabolic and genetic disorders. … program for adults who had
cerebral palsy with spastic … compared with a control group of adult patients with spastic diplegia. …