Cerebral palsy is an established symptom complex that results from heterogeneous etiologies. Our understanding of the relative contribution of underlying etiologies to the occurrence of cerebral palsy is largely derived from studies lacking systematic neurologic evaluation or the application of contemporary imaging modalities. Throughout a 10-year inclusive period, the case records of all conse...

oral feeding difficulties are common in children with cerebral palsy (cp). the effect of oral-motor dysfunction on feeding problems has been proved in several studies. the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of oral sensorimotor stimulations on feeding performance in children with spastic cerebral palsy. a total of 12 children with spastic cerebral palsy underwent 24 session...

BACKGROUND Refractive errors, strabismus, nystagmus, amblyopia, and cortical visual impairment are observed in 50 to 90 % of patients with cerebral palsy. Ocular abnormalities are known to differ according to cerebral palsy type, and spastic type has been reported to be more likely to be associated with ocular defects than the athetoid and ataxic types. METHODS A retrospective review of medic...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this work was to describe walking ability in children with cerebral palsy from the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe common database through 21 years and to examine the association between walking ability and predicting factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS Anonymous data on 10042 children with cerebral palsy born between 1976 and 1996 were gathered from 14 European c...

background and objectives: the complications associated with spastic cerebral palsy can affect the physical ability and quality of life of individuals suffering from this motor disorder. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between quality of life and hypertonia in adults with spastic cerebral palsy. methods:   in an analytical cross sectional study, 70 subjects with the diagnos...

Parental age and birth order were studied in 251 patients with cerebral palsy. No parental age or birth order effects were observed in spastic quadriplegia or diplegia, but a paternal age effect was detected in those with athetoid/dystonic cerebral palsy and congenital hemiplegia. These observations indicate that some cases of athetoid/dystonic or hemiplegic cerebral palsy might arise by fresh ...

Spastic diplegia is characterized by spasticity in the upper or lower extremities whereby the lower extremities usually are more affected. Cerebral palsy (CP) with prematurity is highly associated with spastic diplegia.1 In the European Cerebral Palsy Study, spastic diplegia was the most common subtype of CP.2 Perinatal asphyxia events lead to bilateral periventricular white matter injury and d...

Objectives: Postural control deficit is one of the most important problems in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). The purpose of this paper is to review the reactive postural control in spastic children with CP. Methods: Researches on development of reactive postural control in typically developing (TD) children and children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) were analyzed. Results: The resu...

3. What is the commonest clinical type of cerebral palsy? a. Dyskinetic b. Spastic c. Mixed d. Ataxic 4. Which is not commonly associated with cerebral palsy? a. Malnutrition, impaired immune system b. Epilepsy c. Suxamethonium apnoea d. Sensory deficits and communication disorders INTRODUCTION Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of non-progressive disorders of motion and posture. It results fro...