WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Patients and families can learn more about general swallowing disorders as well as challenges related to cerebral palsy at an open house on Tuesday (April 28) at Purdue ...

Spastic cerebral palsy is a disorder that involves muscle stiffness. Symptoms and signs may include difficulty walking, trouble manipulating objects, and vision, hearing, or speech challenges.

People swallow hundreds of times a day – often without realizing they’re doing it. But for some people, being able to safely swallow means the difference between life and death. Georgia Malandraki, ...

Swallowing is an essential gastrointestinal (GI) function that is under strong cerebral control. Swallowing is bilaterally but asymmetrically represented in the human motor cortex. Dysphagia after ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect balance, movement, and muscle tone. “Cerebral” means the disorder is related to your brain, and “palsy” refers to weakness or a muscle problem.

Defining cerebral palsy only as a childhood condition fails to acknowledge the many adults living with the disease. In the United States, there are currently more adults living with cerebral palsy ...

Kristen Spears started getting Botox injections at the age of 6 -- not to smooth furrows in her brow, but to calm spasms in her legs. The girl was born with severe cerebral palsy, and Botox, best ...

When many people think of cerebral palsy, they think of a childhood disorder. But most children with cerebral palsy will live well into adulthood and will desire to live full lives in their families, ...

Cerebral palsy, a congenital motor disability of cerebral origin, is a group of lifelong movement disorders affecting about 2 of every 1000 children. Although defined as a motor disorder, cerebral ...