A Cochrane review published in 2004 found a trend toward the benefit of speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy but noted the need for high-quality research. A 2013 systematic review found that many of the therapies used to treat CP have no good evidence base; the treatments with the best evidence are medications (anticonvulsants, botulinum toxin, bisphosphonates, diazepam), therapy (bimanual training, casting, constraint-induced movement therapy, context-focused therapy, fitness training, goal-directed training, hip surveillance, home programmes, occupational therapy after botulinum toxin, pressure care) and surgery. There is also research on whether the sleeping position might improve hip migration, but there are not yet high-quality evidence studies to support that theory. Research papers also call for an agreed consensus on outcome measures which will allow researchers to cross-reference research. Also, the terminology used to describe orthoses needs to be standardised to ensure studies can be reproduced and readily compared and evaluated.
a cochrane review published in 2004 found a trend toward the benefit of speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy but noted the need for high-quality research a 2013 systematic review found that many of the therapies used to treat cp have no good evidence base; the treatments with the best evidence are medications (anticonvulsants botulinum toxin bisphosphonates diazepam) therapy (bimanual training casting constraint-induced movement therapy context-focused therapy fitness training goal-directed training hip surveillance home programmes occupational therapy after botulinum toxin pressure care) and surgery there is also research on whether the sleeping position might improve hip migration but there are not yet high-quality evidence studies to support that theory research papers also call for an agreed consensus on outcome measures which will allow researchers to cross-reference research also the terminology used to describe orthoses needs to be standardised to ensure studies can be reproduced and readily compared and evaluated