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For woman with cerebral palsy, this trainer’s worth the commute
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By Peter Huoppi East Lyme — When Sarah Best left home for college, she had never caught a ball.

Born with cerebral palsy, Best had always had difficulty with simple physical tasks that were easy for other children. The tight muscles that are a common symptom of her condition can benefit from regular exercise, but Best had never found…

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Cerebral Palsy In Children – Innovative Intervention Evaluated
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A five year old girl named Lauren, who suffers with cerebral palsy (CP), has been participating with her parents in an ongoing study that measures the functional effects of baclofen pump (an implant that helps loosen and tone muscles) for children with CP. Thanks to this pump, daily activities, which were once a challenge,…

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The Official Parent’s Sourcebook on Cerebral Palsy
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A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age From Amazon.com Book Description: This sourcebook has been created for parents who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part…

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Workshop – What’s New In The Treatment Of Children With CP

CP in Motion Conference and Workshop A NeuroDevNet KT Activity Cerebral Palsy is the sine quo non outcome of injury to the newborn brain, and has had a consistent occurrence of 1-2/1000 term births over the last decades, despite tremendous advances in obstetrical and neonatal care.  Indeed, with an increase in the survival of those babies delivered prematurely, the number of children with cerebral palsy…

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