Spastic cerebral palsy is a disorder that involves muscle stiffness. Symptoms and signs may include difficulty walking, trouble manipulating objects, and vision, hearing, or speech challenges.

Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy (SDCP) is a form of cerebral palsy that causes muscle stiffness and spasms in a person’s legs and, sometimes, arms. This is due to damage to the motor cortex of the ...

Wilmington, DE -- A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, PhD, associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC ...

A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, PhD, associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a study in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Bioinformatics, showing that ...

Maya Tisdale's walk -- seven weeks postsurgery -- left her family in disbelief. A 4-year-old with cerebral palsy in Michigan stole the hearts of countless people recently when her family posted video ...

An infusion of cells from a child's own umbilical cord blood appears to improve brain connectivity and motor function in children with spastic cerebral palsy, according to a randomized clinical trial.

Delaware researchers have discovered a connection that could make detection of cerebral palsy possible through a blood test during infancy, rather than later. As part of a study published in the BMC ...

1 Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK 2 Medical Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK Background Spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) is a ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a lifelong congenital condition that causes palsy, or impaired movements, due to brain damage at a very young age. Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (SQCP) is a severe type ...