Cerebral Palsy

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Gimp-on-the-Go Disabilities Travel Publication

Study sponsored by Imperial College London - Hypothesis: Study aims to determine whether whole body cooling to 33-34°C is a safe treatment that improves survival, without severe neurological or neurodevelopmental impairments at 18 months, of term infants suffering perinatal asphyxial encephalopathy

Objective of this study was to determine whether Apgar scores at 10 minutes are associated with death or disability in early childhood after perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

NINDS Fact Sheet on Cerebral Palsy

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NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world. Disorders A-Z, News, Research, Health Information, Clinical Trial News and Opportunieis, Information and Resources

Online brochure describing what Cerebral Palsy is, its causes, its treatments, and how it might possibly be prevented.

Non-profit organization devoted to providing a source of information and research for parents of disabled children who are searching for the most innovative pediatric physical therapy treatments.

Completed observational study assessed whether measurements of certain pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood (either singly or in combination) at birth and/or up to day of life 21 can predict cerebral palsy at 18-22 months corrected age.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study to evaluate the safety of high-dose Erythropoietin (Epo) in infants who did not get enough oxygen during birth. Erythropoietin is a hormone normally found in the body that may protect brain cells from damage due to lack of oxygen.

Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation (NREF)

NIH, NCBI PubMed article abstract: Significance of intrapartum asphyxia for the onset of fetal brain damage

NIH PubMed Abstract of University of Maryland study reviewing the physiology of acid-base balance and fetal gas exchange as well as the current scientific understanding of the role of intrauterine asphyxia in the pathophysiology of neonatal excephalopathy and cerebral palsy.

The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve Health and Wellness of Persons with Disabilites: What it Means to You

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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NINDS - Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

National network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers, Vendors, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies

Podcasts, Webinars, online courses and interactive Internet tools to help institutions make their computer and information technology resources more accessible to users with disabilities.

Higher education organization that represents presidents and chancellors of all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting institutions: community colleges and four-year institutions, private and public universities, and nonprofit and for-profit colleges.