2023-11-13 11:44:22
By Pauline Léna
Published 5 minutes ago, Updated 2 minutes ago
In France, where 125,000 people live with cerebral palsy. GEORGE CALIN/MoiraM – stock.adobe.com
This serious disability acquired around birth is now better understood, but the obstacles placed in the way of patients and their families remain too numerous.
Motor disorders of course, but also sensory, cognitive or behavioral disorders, epilepsiesmusculoskeletal disorders… and the common point is one or more brain lesions acquired around birth: cerebral palsy has as many manifestations as it causes victims, and professionals have long had difficulty putting things in order. in this abundance of symptoms.
But since 2015, an important step has been taken: “We really all speak the same language internationally and this has been a game changerunderlines Professor Catherine Sarret, head of the neuropediatrics department at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital. Everyone now talks about cerebral palsy, with a clear classification based on the areas affected.” A huge conceptual step forward, which makes it possible to distinguish effective methods from useless approaches.
Improve prevention
Such a consensus was in fact essential to carry out large studies based on common criteria, solid enough to bring out…
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