It doesn't say if any of these people were receiving
any type of theropy.

--- "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I thought the list would be interested in the
> following study:
>
> Bobby
>
> Functional status of adults with cerebral palsy and
> implications for=20
> treatment of children.
> Bottos M,=A0Feliciangeli A,=A0Sciuto L,=A0Gericke
> C,=A0Vianello A.
> Dev Med Child Neurol.=A02001 Aug;43(8):516-28.
>
>
> Neuromotor Child Disability Centre, Azienda USL,
> Bologna, Italy.=20
> [log in to unmask]
> This study examined the evolution of individuals
> with cerebral palsy (CP)=20
> from childhood to adulthood. Seventy-two adults with
> a diagnosis of CP born=20
> between 1934 and 1980 were studied. Individuals were
> recruited and data=20
> comprehensively collected using case notes and
> through direct assessments of=
> =20
> the majority of participants from three
> rehabilitation units in Bologna,=20
> Padua, and Rovigo in Italy. The main findings can be
> summarized as follows:=20
> contact with health and rehabilitation services was
> radically reduced once=20
> individuals reached adulthood; more individuals who
> were integrated into=20
> mainstream schools achieved and maintained literacy
> than those who had=20
> attended special schools; in a high number of
> participants, motor performanc=
> e=20
> deteriorated once into adulthood. Independent
> walking or other forms of=20
> supported locomotion were lost in many on reaching
> adulthood. Of those who=20
> continued to walk, walking deteriorated in terms of
> distance. It was=20
> concluded that even though CP has been considered as
> predominantly a=20
> childhood pathological condition, the evolution of
> the effects of CP do not=20
> stop at 16 or 18 years of age. For this reason, the
> traditional child- (or=20
> infant-) oriented approach concentrating mainly or
> exclusively on the=20
> achievement of independent walking, may not be an
> ideal approach to children=
> =20
> with CP. Instead a more independence-oriented
> therapeutic approach would be=20
> appropriate.


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