Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in childhood, affecting movement, muscle tone, and motor skills as a result of damage to the developing brain - before, during, or shortly after birth. There are four main types: spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed. Children with CP often have co-occurring conditions including epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision or hearing impairments, communication difficulties, and feeding challenges. Emerging research areas include stem cell therapy, selective dorsal rhizotomy, constraint-induced movement therapy, exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation, genetic testing in CP diagnosis, and advanced neuromodulation. SpecialCircle Research summarises the latest clinical findings so parents can understand the evidence and explore it with their care teams.
Clinical trial update
A new clinical study is checking how many children have antibodies that might block gene therapy from working.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Gene therapy
The FDA recently hosted a workshop to find ways to get gene therapy into pediatric clinical trials sooner and more safely.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Clinical trial update
A new pilot study is testing whether online training for doctors and therapists can improve how they use 'gait analysis' to help children walk better.
Source: PubMed
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in childhood, affecting movement, muscle tone, and motor skills as a result of damage to the developing brain - before, during, or shortly after birth. There are four main types: spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed. Children with CP often have co-occurring conditions including epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision or hearing impairments, communication difficulties, and feeding challenges. Emerging research areas include stem cell therapy, selective dorsal rhizotomy, constraint-induced movement therapy, exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation, genetic testing in CP diagnosis, and advanced neuromodulation. SpecialCircle Research summarises the latest clinical findings so parents can understand the evidence and explore it with their care teams. SpecialCircle Research summarises studies from PubMed, NIH, FDA, and ClinicalTrials.gov in plain language for parents. This is not medical advice.
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