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PubMed Study Abstract: Growth and health in children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy. Study proposed to describe observed growth patterns and their relationship to health and social paricipation in a respresentative sample of children with moderate-to-severe cerebral palsy.

I am a twenty-eight-year-old woman with spastic Cerebral Palsy. This means that I have very tight muscles and heightened muscle tone, which makes walking difficult. As a result, I use a wheelchair to be mobile. By looking at me, the only way to tell there is something wrong is my wheelchair. Most who know me do not call attention to my physical limitations; they simply make accommodations to include me in whatever they may be doing at the time. I am a very smart and driven individual. If I were able to walk, there would be absolutely no difference in you or me.

University of Virginia Health System clinical study to look at how children's bones grow and mature when they have Cerebral Palsy. This information will be compared to growth in children that do not have Cerebral Palsy.