Unable to breathe at birth, she was diagnosed with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The diagnosis hardly defined her life, but the sweet nature and contagious joy revealed through her journey ...
Spastic CP is characterized ... the categories listed above. Cerebral palsy is also described in topographical terms by the location of motor impairment (e.g., quadriplegic, diplegic, hemiplegic).
Advances in science and technology have allowed researchers to gain a better understanding of the pathophysiology leading to long-term neurologic damage in newborns. Intrapartum events are now ...