25 Facts About Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood.

Cerebral palsy is caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement, balance, and posture.

Cerebral palsy has been documented throughout history, with the first known descriptions occurring in the work of Hippocrates in the 5th century BCE.

Cerebral palsy is characterized by abnormal muscle tone, reflexes, or motor development and coordination.

Children with cerebral palsy are at risk of learned helplessness and becoming passive communicators, initiating little communication.

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Children with cerebral palsy have significantly higher rates of sleep disturbance than typically developing children.

Babies with cerebral palsy who have stiffness issues might cry more and be harder to put to sleep than non-disabled babies, or "floppy" babies might be lethargic.

Cerebral palsy is due to abnormal development or damage occurring to the developing brain.

Diagnosis of cerebral palsy has historically rested on the person's history and physical examination and is generally assessed at a young age.

Cerebral palsy is classified according to the topographic distribution of muscle spasticity.

Spastic cerebral palsy is the type of cerebral palsy characterized by spasticity or high muscle tone often resulting in stiff, jerky movements.

Spastic cerebral palsy affects the motor cortex of the brain, a specific portion of the cerebral cortex responsible for the planning and completion of voluntary movement.

The most common manifestation of ataxic cerebral palsy is intention tremor, which is especially apparent when carrying out precise movements, such as tying shoe laces or writing with a pencil.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is primarily associated with damage to the basal ganglia and the substantia nigra in the form of lesions that occur during brain development due to bilirubin encephalopathy and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is an extrapyramidal form of cerebral palsy.

Dyskinetic cerebral palsy can be divided into two different groups; choreoathetosis and dystonia.

Mixed cerebral palsy has symptoms of dyskinetic, ataxic and spastic CP appearing simultaneously, each to varying degrees, and both with and without symptoms of each.

Cerebral palsy has "varying severity and complexity" across the lifespan, it can be considered a collection of conditions for management purposes.

Prevalence of cerebral palsy is best calculated around the school entry age of about six years; the prevalence in the U S is estimated to be 2.

The presence of cerebral palsy has been suspected due to his deformed foot and hands.

Medical literature of the ancient Greeks discusses paralysis and weakness of the arms and legs; the modern word Cerebral palsy comes from the Ancient Greek words pa?a??s? or pa?es?, meaning paralysis or paresis respectively.

Cerebral palsy later identified a difficult delivery, a preterm birth and perinatal asphyxia in particular as risk factors.

Cerebral palsy named the problem "birth palsy" and classified birth palsies into two types: peripheral and cerebral.

Cerebral palsy viewed CP from a musculoskeletal perspective instead of a neurological one.

Cerebral palsy's storylines have focused on the segregation of those with disabilities in the UK in the 1950s, and romantic relationships between people with disabilities.

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