RT Journal
A1 Perlstein MA
T1 IS there merit in the so-called "cerebral palsy" program?-reply
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD August 13
VO 140
IS 15
SP 1232
OP 1233
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02900500039020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900500039020
AB To the Editor:— 
    Some of the arguments set forth by Dr. McCarroll are logical, but would have more merit if his premises were as correct as his thinking. He states, for example, "In some instances writers imply that a program of muscle training and reeducation will afford continuous improvement in muscle control and function and will eliminate need for surgery to correct deformities even in selected cases. What can be expected of a program of this type?" The implication is, of course, that this quotation expresses the opinion of those who are most interested in furthering the "so-called cerebral palsy program." In actuality, however, nothing could be further from the truth.Any program which limits itself to muscle training and reeducation or to surgical correction and ignores socialization, speech correction, education, occupational therapy and the correction of sensory, emotional and other defects is incomplete. Despite Dr. McCarroll's statement as quoted here, I do not