A study conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has shown major improvements in motor skills among children with cerebral palsy. Chelsey Sterling, a UAB grad student, authored the study and found that the treatment shows an increase in gray matter in the brain. Gitendra Uswatte, a co-author of the study, said that the treatment showed a remarkable improvement in the motor function of the affected limbs.
The study used children from ages 2 – 7, who were administered the treatment over three weeks. The treatment itself requires the restraint of the unaffected limbs in a cast like device; the children are then instructed to use the affected limbs more. Sterling adds that this study shows the brains remarkable ability to heal itself.
This is great news for people who suffer from disabilities that limit their body movement. Still, it is tragic that children have to grow up with a disability that could have been avoided. Many children have had to suffer through a traumatic birth, which has been linked to disabilities. If your child had a traumatic birth experience due to the negligence of the hospital, please contact our birth trauma attorney today at (800) 460-0606. You may be entitled to compensation.
[Did You Know: In the U.S., about half of the children born with cerebral palsy are born prematurely.]
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