Spastic paraparesis comprises dozens of different types of disorders that can be inherited in several ways. Therefore, it is possible to have hereditary spastic paraparesis even if you cannot find a ...

Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...

Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tübingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The ...

MATTOON (JG-TC) -- The Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation board chairman is scheduled to give a presentation during the Mattoon Kiwanis Club meeting on Wednesday. The Mattoon club reported that ...