A gutsy and determined 8-year-old Hawke’s Bay athlete has gone from having to walk with a Zimmer frame to tackling a Rocco Green was born prematurely at 32 weeks and ...

Jacob was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy – which affects the mobility in his legs. He is unable to walk independently without his walker. But he is “very tactile” – meaning that his ...

A three-year-old boy with cerebral palsy affecting his legs is running 500m around his school playground to support his parents' charity run. Jacob Fallows, son of retired navy officers Lee and ...

In patients treated with modafinil with previous assisted or unassisted ambulation, the majority (73%) showed gait improvements. When compared with the non-modafinil-treated group, only 3 (15% ...

The infant with spastic diplegia typically commando crawls and stands on tiptoes with stiffness through the lower extremities. A commando crawl is a crawl in which the infant uses the arms to drag ...

Young Max O’Keeffe has spastic diplegia cerebral palsy which affects all of his limbs but mostly his legs. The condition affects his balance and Max has to wear splints and sometimes be in a cast as ...

When she was six Kayley could not stand independently or walk without assistance. She suffered from Spastic Diplegia, a form of Cerebral Palsy. As her condition would worsen as she grew, her parents ...