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June 2008 Newsletter
Cerebral Palsy News & Medical Updates
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WOW! CPParent has increased our visitors more than 300% in the past month!

1. Toys & Activities suitable for your CP child: As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we have created the WORLDS FIRST Global Cerebral Palsy Toy & Activity survey. You can still participate and receive the free report once we finalize the results. Share and learn what toys and activites are appropriate for your child, listed by age and ability. Help us today - share your knowledge, and receive the free report that will share the knowledge of all the other participants. Fill out the form on our Discussions Page.


2. CORD BLOOD TREATMENT SHOWS PROMISE: Doctors infused cord blood into a childs blood stream. The results were miraculous just a few days after the treatment. [More]


3. HYPERBARIC CHAMBER THERAPY FOR CP: For several years, hyperbaric oxygen chambers have been used on Patients with Cerebral Palsy. [More]


4. EUROTHERAPY FOR CP: A news story about Euro Therapy improving the life of a child with Cerebral Palsy. [More]


5. VIDEO ABOUT CP STUDENT IN UNIVERSITY: Beth Anne describes her experiences attending California University in Pennsylvania (she is a Junior). Beth Anne has cerebral palsy and uses AAC to communicate. [More]



6. VIDEOS ABOUT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SUCCEEDING AT COLLEGE AND WORK: There are many success stories about people with various disabilities pursuing their dreams. Although the videos in the link do not show Cerebral Palsy, they do show the power of hard work to overcoming challenges in our life. [More]


7. FRIENDS UNITED BY POETRY AND DISABILITY – Story and Video: A nice story about two friends who share common interests. [More]


8. PARALYMPIC ATHLETE WITH CP: As Kendall Bailey swims, his praying-mantis limbs flapping him forward, something about the water disguises his many maladies: cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and more. Only in a swimming pool do they dissolve and allow his troubled body and mind to be all but normal. He is happy, safe and possibly the fastest disabled breaststroker in the world. [More]


9. CP – A HURDLE NOT A BARRIER: “The biggest hurdle isn't CP -- it is getting over what people think or say. I can be anything I want to be if I set my mind to it.” [More]

Clinical Observation on Effect of Clearing the Governor Vessel and Refreshing the Mind Needling on Head SPECI and CT Scanning of children with Cerebral Palsy
Zhenhuan Liu Nanhai Affiliated Maternity and Children’s Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine China Email Lzh1958424@163.com

Objective: To investigate action and value of acupuncture in Cerebral Palsy rehabilitation. Design A randomized controlled trial of the impact of intervention study of acupuncture.Method: 100 spasm Cerebral Palsy patients from 2 to 7 years old were randomly divided intotwo groups. Acupuncture group: 50 patients were treated with head acupuncture and body acupuncture; Rehabilitation-training group: 50 patients were treated with physical therapy of Bobath and Vojta methods.Results:The total effective rate acupuncture and rehabilitation-training group were obvious higher than that of rehabilitation-training group. After treatment the DQ value of rehabilitation-training and acupuncture group were higher than that of rehabilitation group (p<0.01). In acupuncture and rehabilitation-training group were higher than that of rehabilitation group (p<0.01). In acupuncture and rehabilitation-training group, improvement rate of brain dysphasia, brain atrophy in skull CT and recovery normal rate of skull SPECT were obvious higher than that of rehabilitation-training group(t=4.731 t=5.971 p<0.01).Conclusion: Acupuncture can obviously increase cerebral blood flow (CBF) and improve cerebral cell metabolism, promote partial or complete compensation of cerebral function and the restoration and function of plasticity of cerebral tissue in children with cerebral palsy.