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...

By J. N. (BERRY, M D., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. (From the MediwrlrCollege Hospital, Nagpur, India) Hypotonia in cerebral diplegia is relatively are and when present is often associated with choreo-athetotic movements and is present in the peripheral segments in between tonic spasms. Cases with marked inco-ordination and hypotonia are due to a cerebellar component. Wilson (1940) divides such cases into ...

Recent proposals of classification for cerebral palsy (CP), mainly revised for epidemiological purposes, suggest to abandon the use of the term diplegia. Conversely, in this paper data are presented to support the proposal to maintain the distinction between spastic tetraplegia and diplegia, and to subdivide this latter according to four main clinical patterns of walking observable in these chi...

During a recent survey of children suffering from cerebral palsy in Edinburgh it was found that diplegia was relatively infrequently diagnosed before the age of 2 years. The average delay between the doctor seeing the child for the first time, on account of manifestations of diplegia, and the diagnosis being reached was over one year. The classical picture of diplegia presented in the textbooks...

Genetic consultation was given to three children with microcephaly, mental retardation, and spastic diplegia.

A register of children with cerebral palsy born to mothers resident in the Mersey region from 1966 to 1977 was compiled from health service records. Frequency distributions and prevalences of birth weight and gestational age differed for those with hemiplegia, diplegia, and quadriplegia. In particular, the children with diplegia showed a bimodal frequency distribution. Children of normal birth ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) disebabkan oleh cedera pada otak yang sedang mengalami perkembangan dan ditandai dengan ciri fungsi motorik kasar abnormal. Olahraga teratur telah dilaporkan efektif dalam meningkatkan kinerja fungsional anak CP, namun baru sedikit melaporan tentang efek olahraga hydrotherapy terhadap peningkatan kecepatan berjalan CP tipe spastic diplegia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mem...

BACKGROUND Facial diplegia has diverse etiologies, including viral and bacterial infections such as diphtheria, syphilis and Lyme disease, and also protozoal infection in very rarely cases. CASE REPORT A 20-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital due to bilateral weakness of the upper and lower facial muscles. Examination revealed that the patient had a facial diplegia of the perip...