spastic
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Scientists at Ruhr University Bochum found that the protein produced by CD99L2 works as an activating partner for CAPN1, a calcium-dependent protease already known to be involved in hereditary spastic paraplegia and ataxia.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
However, Popert, who was born with a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia, bogeyed the eighth and Lawlor birdied the 10th to leave them tied on two over par.
From BBC • May 12, 2023
The most common type is spastic diplegia, which Diviney is diagnosed with.
From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023
Ellingen, 37, has athetoid spastic cerebral palsy because of complications at birth.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2022
Something is wrong with Peeta’s legs; he’s trying to walk but they move in a spastic, puppetlike fashion.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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