Cerebral palsy and aging

P Haak, M Lenski, MJC Hidecker… - … Medicine & Child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral palsy (CP), the most common major disabling motor disorder of childhood, is
frequently thought of as a condition that affects only children. Deaths in children with CP …

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

MA Turk - Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
For many years, children with cerebral palsy (CP) and their parents have been told that
health and functional status stabilize by early adulthood. However, adults with CP report …

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
Although the neurological injury associated with cerebral palsy (CP) is non‐progressive,
adults with the disorder often develop musculoskeletal and neurological symptoms, such as …

Recent trends in cerebral palsy survival. Part I: period and cohort effects

JC Brooks, DJ Strauss, RM Shavelle… - … Medicine & Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine whether the trend of improved survival among individuals with cerebral
palsy (CP) in C alifornia during the 1980s and 1990s has continued during the most recent …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging issues in cerebral palsy associated with aging: a physiatrist perspective

YG Yi, SH Jung, MS Bang - Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
The population of adults diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) is increasing along with the
survival rate of children born with the disability. Adults with CP need health services for the …

Cerebral palsy: diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics, and clinical update

A Michael-Asalu, G Taylor… - Advances in …, 2019 - advancesinpediatrics.com
DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL PALSY The diagnosis of CP relies on a combination of
neurologic assessment, neuroimaging findings, and recognition of clinical risk factors …

Cerebral palsy: medical aspects

NN Dodge - Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
Cerebral palsy describes a wide spectrum of motor problems caused by a nonprogressive
lesion of the developing brain. It is variably associated with a variety of other developmental …

Long-term survival for a cohort of adults with cerebral palsy

K Hemming, JL Hutton, POD Pharoah - Developmental medicine and …, 2006 - cambridge.org
The aim of this study was to investigate long-term survival and examine causes of death in
adult patients with cerebral palsy (CP). A 1940–1950 birth cohort based on paediatric case …

Comorbidities in cerebral palsy: a patient registry study

SJ Hollung, IJ Bakken, T Vik, S Lydersen… - … Medicine & Child …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To describe the total burden of disease in individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) in
Norway. Method A comprehensive set of disorder categories were extracted from the …

What constitutes cerebral palsy?

N Badawi, L Watson, B Petterson, E Blair… - … Medicine & Child …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a term of convenience applied to a group of motor disorders of central
origin defined by clinical description. It is not a diagnosis in that its application infers nothing …