Dr. Diane Damiano, Chief of Functional and Applied Biomechanics Section at the NIH Clinical Center, longstanding member of the CPI Research Foundation SAC and one of our former Hausman awardees, was part of an NIH study team that tested the effectiveness of an electrical stimulator device (WalkAide) on individuals with CP that have a form of lower leg paralysis known as “foot drop”.
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Most treatments for cerebral palsy (CP) are initially directed toward children. What is not clearly established is the long- term effects of such treatments. Many appear helpful in the short term but prove to be disadvantageous in the long run. Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a permanent, irreversible neurosurgical procedure for reducing spasticity in cerebral palsy. Parents contemplating SDR for their child would like assurance that that there will not be harmful complications from it as the child ages into adolescence and adulthood. We now have new evidence...







