On Thursday, July 2nd, 2009, in the "Centro de Enseñanza Especial de San Ramón de Alajuela", Dr. Lisa Riggioni, P.T., D.P.T. [...]
What is Pediatric Rehabilitation? Pediatric rehabilitation is an area of medicine that specializes in children with delays in motor development. Children [...]
What is Rett syndrome? Rett syndrome is a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by normal early development followed by loss of purposeful [...]
What is Batten disease? Batten disease is a fatal, inherited disorder of the nervous system that begins in childhood. Early symptoms [...]
What is syringomyelia? Syringomyelia (sear-IN-go-my-EEL-ya) is a disorder in which a cyst forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a [...]
What is Muscular Dystrophy? The muscular dystrophies (MD) are a group of more than 30 genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness [...]
Cerebral palsy is a sensorimotor disorder that affects the control of posture and movement. The diagnosis has historically referred to a [...]
Quadriplegia refers to impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function due to damage to the cervical segments of the spinal [...]
Spina bifida is a type of congenital spinal cord injury. In spina bifida there is a defect in the neural tube [...]