In general, hemiplegia is a type of unilateral cerebral palsy that causes paralysis on only one side of the body. It's due to an injury to the spinal cord or the brain.

Some hemiplegic patients are not able to retain instructions given a day or even an hour previously. When the learning ability is affected to this extent, rehabilitation is not feasible.

Mirror therapy, a strategy that has been used successfully to treat phantom pain, may promote recovery from hemiplegia after a stroke, a new study suggests.

Seven-year-old Peter is learning to live with hemiplegia - paralysis of the right side of his body - which occurred after a stroke when he was just two years old.

Seven-year-old Peter is learning to live with hemiplegia - paralysis of the right side of his body - which occurred after a stroke when he was just two years old.