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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a physical disability that affects movement and posture. Approximately 17 million people worldwide and 34,000 people in Australia are living with CP. In clinical and kinematic research, goniometers and inclinometers are the most commonly used clinical tools to measure joint angles and positions in children with CP.

This is a case series of six children with unilateral cerebral palsy and hemispheric encephaloclastic lesions who were evaluated for epilepsy surgery. Seizure onset was in the neonatal period in three children, at 17 months in two, and at 5 years in one.

A non-progressive motor disability due to damage of the developing brain, this is the most common physical disability in childhood. Affecting about one in 500 babies, it is frequently accompanied by other neurological impairments, such as intellectual or sensory.

Children with Cerebral Palsy, Gross Motor Function level II treated at a young age with repeated doses of Botulinum Toxin A maintain or improve their functional motor level

Since 1990 mortality for those with severe cerebral palsy in Western Australia has tended to shift from childhood to early adulthood

Birth prevalence of CP declined. Encouragingly, the percentage of children with CP whose disability was moderate to severe also decreased

Most risk factors for respiratory hospital admissions in young people with cerebral palsy are potentially modifiable

This study has demonstrated the acceptability of sense_assess© kids for the population for whom it is intended

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the Neurological Hand Deformity Classification and use it to describe changes in hand deformity...

This paper is a comment on an article published in a previous edition of the journal on a clinical intervention strategy for children with cerebral palsy.