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Brain Connectivity and Cerebral Palsy: Why More Isn't Always Better
...progress, and what they're trying to achieve. The Study and What It Found. Researchers used functional MRI to map brain connectivity in children with spastic CP, measuring how many neural pathways fired during motor tasks and comparing that to standardized assessments of each child's motor function. Children...
Medical > Orthopedics
Contractures in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Recognition, Prevention, and When to Escalate Care
...intervention is needed: it's which one, and when. Contractures in children with spastic cerebral palsy aren't inevitable, but they're progressive if left unmanaged....that restricts joint movement even when the muscle is fully relaxed. In spastic CP, the muscle is receiving continuous signals to contract. Over months...
Medical > Orthopedics
Hip Surveillance in Cerebral Palsy: When Monitoring Becomes Surgery
...when intervention moves from optional to necessary. Why Hips Displace in CP. Muscle imbalance pulls the femoral head out of position over time. In spastic cerebral palsy, tight hip flexors and adductors create constant inward and upward force on the thigh bone. The hip socket (the acetabulum) doesn't...