Nutritional status of children with infantile cerebral palsy

Purpose of the study. Reveal typical disorders nutritional status and identify characteristic physical development patients with cerebral palsy. Materials methods. The features 128 children various forms palsy 20 healthy aged 3 to 14 years were studied. Physical was assessed using standard public anthropometric parameters: weight, height, measurement circumference upper lower extremities, determination thickness skin-fat fold an electronic caliper according Durnin-Womersly method, as well calculated indices Rohrer, Pigne, Vervac. Results. In in compare a decrease rate increase muscle mass, absence significant changes severity subcutaneous fatty tissue variants disharmonious types determined (85.9% main group versus 5% control group; Р <0.001). most prominent observed double hemiplegia hyperkinetic form relation hemiparetic, atonic-astatic spastic diplegia (P <0.05–0.001)