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Information on completed study conducted by Dutch Maastricht University in collaboration with Medtronic to determine the efficacy and safety of treatment with intrathecal baclofen for severe spasticity in children with cerebral palsy

FES is a form of treatment with a device to aid movement in people who have had damage to their brain or spinal cord. Small electrical impulses are used to excite and stimulate the nerves that supply paralyzed muscles. This research will look at any additional benefit that may occur when Botox injections are combined with specific occupational therapy exercises and with a device that uses functional electrical stimulation (FES) to help improve muscle function

Baclofen Efficacy and Safety Trials - Pediatric Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of Oral Baclofen for the Treatment of Spasticity Associated with Cerebral Palsy (BEST-PK/PD)

Hong Kong study to examine the effect of heat and duration of stretching on the extensibility of hamstring muscles and their electromyographic responses to passive stretch in children with hypertonia and severe mental retardation.

PubMed Abstract of study to evaluate the effect of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SRD) Surgery on functional abilities in a well-defined group of ambulatory children with Spastic Diplegia

PubMed Abstract of observations that concluded that significant improvements were noted when comparing the two-electrode system with the new multiple level electrode. Marked to moderately improved patients increased from 57 to 84% in Cerebral Palsy, from 44 to 82% in dystonia, from 53 to 75% in torticollis and from 53 to 80% in Cystonia, from 53 to 80% in posttraumatic neurologic conditions

Planned study to evaluate the impact of a possible new treatment for hypertonia, contributing to the motor disability in children with cerebral palsy (CP)."

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Information concerning ongoing clinical trial and study examining botulinum toxin (BOTOX, or BTX) for the treatment of muslce twitches and spascitity associated with cerebral palsy.

Study will collect information on the different ways people control limb and body movements. This information will be used to develop a database on normal movements and adaptive movements of people who have diseases that affect the way they move. The database will serve as a tool to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with movement-related problems.