This is the most common form of cerebral palsy, accounting for nearly 80% of all cases. It typically leads to excessive muscle tone (hypertonia) as well as spasticity or jerking movements. The main ...

Today marks Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day and Benji Borastero has shared his story about living with the condition and what he ...

It is the most common type of cerebral palsy . This type occurs in about 80% of all cerebral palsy cases . People with spastic CP have increased muscle tone which causes their muscles to become stiff ...

Objective To determine the patterns of risk of intellectual disability in children with spastic CP. Design Cross-sectional, population-based study using the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register.

For those curious, my diagnosis is cerebral palsy spastic diplegia with a hint of ataxia. I’ve always felt it sounds more like a nice dish at a restaurant than a medical diagnosis. Cerebral ...

As a result, caring for a child with cerebral palsy or other disabilities can be expensive — almost $1 Million over your child’s lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental ... CP is classified according to the characteristics of the movement disorder observed (spastic, ataxic, dystonic, or athetoid) and ...

In clinical practice, signs of exaggerated tendon tap reflexes associated with muscle hypertonia are generally thought to be responsible for spastic movement disorders ... In conclusion, children with ...

It was the news that should have shook Joseph and Libby Lombardo's life. Shortly after their daughter Isabella was born, she was diagnosed with a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia - and ...