Callum Boan, now 15, who has cerebral palsy
spastic diplegiaused transverse-friction massage on calf muscles of patients with
spastic diplegia and suggested that it resets sacromere lengths and leads to improved proprioceptive feedback.20 Massage has been widely used in previous studies, with one study from the University of Glasgow, reporting increased range of motion after massage in patients with
spastic diplegia.
Neurological evaluation revealed
spastic diplegia of lower extremities, mild generalized increase in muscle tone, deep tendon reflexes of the lower extremities, and positive Babinski reflexes bilaterally.
This is a surgical procedure that is well proven in children with
spastic diplegia and was adopted worldwide following Warwick Peacock's work in Cape Town in the 1980s.
Levi Beckford, from Whitley Wood, suffers from
spastic diplegia cerebral palsy and is unable to walk unaided.
Budding ballerina Ava Evans suffers from
spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, a condition which affects the movement, growth and strength in the leg muscles, and causes them to stiffen.
After her mum noticed development delays, with Leah unable to sit up on her own, a MRI scan confirmed she had
spastic diplegia.
The study population comprised 27 children with congenital hemiplegia (2.36%), 35 with
spastic diplegia (38.04%), and 30 with spastic tetraplegia (32.6%).
John has cerebral palsy with a combination of spastic hemiplegia (spasticity affecting one side of his body) and
spastic diplegia (spasticity affecting his lower extremities) allowing only one of his arms to move no higher than his chin.
A clinical and etiologic profile of
spastic diplegia. Pediatric Neurology.
At nine months, she was still struggling to support herself and she was eventually diagnosed with
spastic diplegia - a form of cerebral palsy.