Trends in the treatment of pediatric cerebral palsy.

Introduction The treatment of paediatric cerebral palsy is an evolving and developing area. Although most forms of treatment have been in place for some time, existing methods are being modified and new methods introduced. In particular, advances have been made in pharmacological and surgical treatments, as well as therapy programs. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate these trends as applied to the specified case. Case studies as well as developmental and family …showed first 75 words of 2292 total…

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