Improving the quality of life and the possibility of pathogenetic therapy in adult patients with cerebral palsy

E.A. ANTIPENKO, A.V. SHULYNDIN

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Privolzhsky Research Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Place of publication:
S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry 2025, Vol. 125, No. 10, pp. 75–84
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro202512510175

Abstract:
A large number of studies have been devoted to the problem of cerebral palsy (CP) in children, the results of which have led to the development of clinical diagnostic algorithms and specialized rehabilitation methods that are widely used in Russia and abroad. However, CP in patients over 18 years of age has received significantly less attention. To date, the clinical presentation of adult patients with various forms of CP remains unclear, and the incidence and course of comorbid conditions, as well as factors influencing life expectancy and quality of life in adults with CP, remain insufficiently studied. This review examines the etiology and pathogenesis of CP, discusses diagnosis, assessment of function, quality of life, and comorbid and concomitant diseases in adult patients with CP. It also provides up-to-date information on modern methods of non-drug and drug-based rehabilitation, the role of neurocytoprotectors, and the prospects for their use in patients with CP over 18 years of age.

Key words : cerebral palsy, functioning, comorbidity, quality of life, rehabilitation, neuroprotection, Mexidol

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