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Pain in persons with cerebral palsy.
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The data suggest that pain is common in adults with CP, and in many subjects, pain levels were moderate to intense.About:
This article is published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.The article was published on 1999-10-01. It has received 199 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chronic pain & Back pain.read more
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Leisure-Time Physical Activity in adults with Cerebral Palsy
TL;DR: The majority of adults with CP are not achieving recommended daily physical activity levels and their LTPA habitually focuses on rehabilitative exercises and the diversity of LTPA is limited by several barriers.
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The prevalence, location, severity, and daily impact of pain reported by youth and young adults with cerebral palsy.
TL;DR: The gender differences in the severity and impact of pain and the overall and high prevalence of pain reported here provide healthcare practitioners with an increased awareness of pain distribution/characteristics among young adults with CP.
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Promoting Inclusive Community-Based Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents with Disabilities:The Why and How
TL;DR: A national expert panel has been assembled to create guidelines and adaptations for existing evidenced-based and community-based obesity prevention programs that will enhance their relevance and inclusivity for youth with disabilities.
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Pain experience of adults with intellectual disabilities--caregiver reports.
TL;DR: The results support the use of the NCAPC as a scale to evaluate CP in adults with IDD and reiterate the reliability of caregivers as proxy observers and the importance of involving them in identifying pain behaviours of their protégées.
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La continuité de prise en charge lors de la transition des soins de l'enfant à l'adulte handicapé
TL;DR: La coordination de medecins competents pour l'âge adulte de ces patients est souhaitable a l'exemple de ce qui est pratique au sein des consultations multidisciplinaires consacrees aux maladies neuromusculaires.
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Grading the severity of chronic pain.
TL;DR: A Guttman scale analysis showed that pain intensity and disability measures formed a reliable hierarchical scale and may be useful when a brief ordinal measure of global pain severity is required.
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The health status of women with cerebral palsy
TL;DR: Women with CP residing in the community perceived themselves as healthy, and the observed health status measures support this concept, and independent relationships were found between several of these measures indicating no significant association among the variables.
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Natural history of scoliosis in the institutionalized adult cerebral palsy population.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that in the adult patient with cerebral palsy and scoliosis, a definite correlation exists between deformity size and functional decline and decubiti and progression rate also seems to be a factor in functional decline.
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Management of the hip in cerebral palsy.
TL;DR: Through physical, mental, and medicinal modalities that include both opioids and nonopioid options, a more comprehensive treatment plan can provide better pain control while minimizing opioid side effects.
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A reassessment of spinal stabilization in severe cerebral palsy.
TL;DR: A homogenous population of 37 institutionalized patients with scoliosis and severe cerebral palsy was evaluated to assess the impact of spinal stabilization on comfort, function, health, and ease of nursing care.