Towards functional improvement of motor disorders associated with cerebral palsy

S Bekteshi, E Monbaliu, S McIntyre, G Saloojee… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Cerebral palsy is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition arising from non-progressive
disorders occurring in the fetal or infant brain. Cerebral palsy has long been categorised into …

Cerebral palsy: clinical care and neurological rehabilitation

ML Aisen, D Kerkovich, J Mast, S Mulroy… - The Lancet …, 2011 - thelancet.com
Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as motor impairment that limits activity, and is attributed to
non-progressive disturbances during brain development in fetuses or infants. The motor …

Cerebral palsy: a multidisciplinary, integrated approach is essential

S Bulekbayeva, Z Daribayev, S Ospanova… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Cerebral palsy, a syndrome of motor impairment resulting from a lesion in the developing
brain, has a worldwide prevalence of 1· 0–3· 5 per 1000 livebirths. 1, 2 A life-course …

Fighting cerebral palsy in Africa

A Burton - The Lancet Neurology, 2015 - thelancet.com
A child was born before dawn in a village in southern Africa. His birth was difficult,
protracted: he was starved of oxygen for a while. His exhausted mother does not yet know …

Decrease in frequency of cerebral palsy in preterm infants

M Hack, DW Costello - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
The frequency of cerebral palsy, a major clinical marker of brain injury, increased during the
early years of the introduction of neonatal intensive care, concomitant with the decreased …

Genetic insights into the causes and classification of the cerebral palsies

A Moreno-De-Luca, DH Ledbetter, CL Martin - The lancet neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Cerebral palsy—the most common physical disability of childhood—is a clinical diagnosis
encompassing a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders that cause …

Diagnostic assessment of children with cerebral palsy

M Bax - The Lancet Neurology, 2004 - thelancet.com
For the practice guidelines recently published by the American Academy of Neurology and
the Child Neurology Society, 1 Ashwal and coauthors reviewed the available evidence on …

Making sense of cerebral palsy prevalence in low-income countries

B Dan, N Paneth - The Lancet Global Health, 2017 - thelancet.com
Much of what we know about cerebral palsy—including its effect on motor functioning,
quality of life, families, and society; the importance of associated disabilities; the …

Clinical presentation and management of dyskinetic cerebral palsy

E Monbaliu, K Himmelmann, JP Lin, E Ortibus… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Cerebral palsy is the most frequent cause of severe physical disability in childhood.
Dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) is the second most common type of cerebral palsy after …

Evidence-based, implementable motor rehabilitation guidelines for individuals with cerebral palsy

A Demont, M Gedda, C Lager, C De Lattre, Y Gary… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background Cerebral palsy is a life-long condition that causes heterogeneous motor
disorders. Motor rehabilitation interventions must be adapted to the topography of the …