Movement Disorders & spasticity

Below are resources recommended by the AADMD.

The CP Research Network is the largest and most comprehensive collaboration of hospitals and community members working together to improve health outcomes for people with CP.

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) provides multidisciplinary scientific education for health professionals and promotes excellence in research and services for the benefit of people with and at risk for cerebral palsy and other childhood-onset disabilities.

Aging and Cerebral Palsy

Articles

General

  • National Guideline Alliance (UK). Management of abnormal muscle tone: pharmacological treatments for spasticity: Cerebral palsy in adults: Evidence review A1. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2019 Jan. PMID: 35192276.

Tardive Dyskinesia

  •  Morton RO, Morton LC, Fedora R. Recognition and Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia in Individuals with Intellectual Disability. Case Rep Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 11;2020:8886980. doi: 10.1155/2020/8886980. PMID: 33414976; PMCID: PMC7752297.

  • Fodstad JC, Bamburg JW, Matson JL, Mahan S, Hess JA, Neal D, Holloway J. Tardive dyskinesia and intellectual disability: an examination of demographics and topography in adults with dual diagnosis and atypical antipsychotic use. Res Dev Disabil. 2010 May-Jun;31(3):750-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.01.017. Epub 2010 Mar 5. PMID: 20207106.

  • Beumer S, Hamers P, Oppewal A, Maes-Festen D. Antipsychotics withdrawal in adults with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: study protocol for a multicentre double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 6;21(1):439. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03437-2. PMID: 34488701; PMCID: PMC8422779.

  • Fodstad JC, Bamburg JW, Matson JL, Mahan S, Hess JA, Neal D, Holloway J. Tardive dyskinesia and intellectual disability: an examination of demographics and topography in adults with dual diagnosis and atypical antipsychotic use. Res Dev Disabil. 2010 May-Jun;31(3):750-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.01.017. Epub 2010 Mar 5. PMID: 20207106.