Dr. Debbie Song, Gillette Children's, gives an overview of common neurosurgical procedures to address global tone in individuals with cerebral palsy.
It's really essential to understand how brain function works to really tap into how learners learn.
Cerebral palsy is an injury to the brain, but what we find is that it has a lot of effects on how you use your muscles.
It's really essential to understand how brain function works to really tap into how learners learn.
Upper limb therapies and interventions have been well studied in cerebral palsy. Different interventions that have good evidence are Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) and Bimanual Therapy. CIMT has been shown to be successful in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (CP). CIMT uses a splint to physically constrain the uninvolved arm and encourage them to use the more involved or affected arm.