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About Baclofen Pumps
Baclofen pumps, also known as Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (IBT), help thousands of people with muscle spasms, including people with cerebral palsy. The baclofen pump itself is a small circular disc roughly the size and shape of a tuna can. Surgeons implant the pump into the patient’s abdomen. The pump releases controlled doses of baclofen into the patient’s spinal cord, which helps keep muscle spasms under control. One benefit of using a baclofen pump is that doctors can easily accommodate the device for each patient. For example, if the patient’s spasms are bad at night and mild during the day, the baclofen pump can be calibrated to deliver stronger doses when they are needed most. Different patients require different amounts of medication, and the pump allows doctors to make these modifications as needed. IBT is a fairly safe form of therapy. The Food and Drug Administration approved the device in 1996,…
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Returning Marine Sees Cerebral Palsy Son Walk for First Time; Video Goes Viral
A video posted on WelcomeHomeBlog.com generated hundreds of comments, thousands of Facebook “likes” and some mentions on major news outlets. In the video, a returning marine sees his son walk for the first time. “When my husband left on his deployment, our 6-year-old son could not walk on his own,” writes Melissa Cooney on the website where she submitted the video. “He has cerebral palsy. Doctors originally said that he would never walk or do much of anything. While daddy was away, he learned to walk. For his homecoming, we set it up for Michael to walk to his daddy for the first time ever! We kept the fact the he could walk a secret the whole time his dad was gone!” The video is one of the most popular posts on the site, which features emotional reunions of returning soldiers and their loved ones. A few days after the…
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Video Games May Help Children with Cerebral Palsy
For years, parents have disparaged video games for not encouraging physical activity. New systems and advancements, like the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect, integrate the player’s physical movements into the gameplay. A recent study conducted at the University of Toronto suggests that active video games (AVGs) have development benefits for children with cerebral palsy. “[AVGs] provide a low-cost, commercially available system that can be strategically selected to address specific therapeutic goals,” said Elaine Biddiss, lead investigator of the study. “While our results did not show that AVG game play can be regarded as a replacement for more vigorous physical activity or muscle strengthening, we found that some games may provide targeted therapy focused on specific joints or movements.” Researchers studied 17 children with cerebral palsy as they played games like Wii Bowling, Wii Tennis, Wii Boxing and Dance Dance Revolution. Games like Wii Boxing helped children engage both arms…
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