Signs of cerebral palsy in a newborn may include abnormal movements and stiff or floppy muscles. Doctors usually diagnose the condition when a child is older. Symptoms of cerebral palsy can first ...

Athetoid cerebral palsy is a type of cerebral palsy that causes uncontrollable muscle movements. It’s present in infancy or childhood and may be more severe than other types of cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood worldwide. It is a neurological disorder affecting a person’s movement and posture and is caused by a non-progressive brain injury or ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My son and daughter-in-law, who live in Singapore, have a 2-year-old daughter who was born about six weeks prematurely. She weighed 3 pounds, 3 ounces. Today, she looks perfectly ...

Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in children, and lifelong disability in adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in 345 people in the United States has cerebral ...

A breakthrough method from the 1990s is now being transformed into an AI-powered tool to help doctors diagnose cerebral palsy ...

University of Utah investigators who lead the Utah Registry of Autism and Developmental Disabilities (URADD) have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track ...