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.

One in 323 children is born with cerebral palsy, the most common motor disability of childhood. The symptoms of cerebral palsy (CP) become apparent in the first few years of a child’s life and ...

(BPT) – This article was sponsored and developed by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting movement and posture that begins in early childhood ...

Pregnant women are known for trying to do everything right – eating healthy, ceasing drinking and smoking, never missing a doctor's appointment or forgetting to take their prenatal vitamin. It's all ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive brain injury or malformation that occurs while the child’s brain is under development. This condition may persist to older ...

Spastic hemiplegia is a type of spastic cerebral palsy, where the part of the brain controlling movement is damaged. The condition can affect children before birth, during labor, or in the first few ...

Cerebral palsy (CP)—the most common lifelong disability—is also one of the least understood disabilities. There are 18 million people worldwide who live with cerebral palsy, including a million in the ...

HONOLULU, HI – Children with cerebral palsy show long-term improvement through treatment with botulinum toxin, according to research presented during the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting ...