Spastic cerebral palsy, a childhood disorder, is the most common form of cerebral palsy and occurs in about 80 percent of all cerebral palsy cases. There is no known cure for this disease.... More »
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There are three types of cerebral palsy: spastic (say: spass-tick), athetoid (say: ath-uh-toid), and ataxic (say: ay-tak-sick). The most common type of CP is spastic. A kid with spastic CP can't relax his ... Cerebral palsy (say: seh-ree-brel pawl-zee) is a condition that affects thousands of babies and children each year.
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Children with spastic cerebral palsy have stiff and jerky movements. They often have a hard time moving from one position to another. They may also have a hard time holding and letting go of objects.
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Low muscle tone and poor coordination of movements is described as ataxic cerebral palsy. Children with ataxic cerebral palsy look very unsteady and shaky. This rare form of cerebral palsy affects the sense of balance and ... Spastic Cerebral Palsy; Athetoid Cerebral Palsy; Ataxic Cerebral Palsy; Mixed Cerebral Palsy;
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Children can also be handicapped if they are over-protected and become too dependent. People with disabilities are people first and should never be described by negative labels like "wheelchair-bound", "spastic", or "afflicted with cerebral palsy".
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familydoctor.org Home > Parents & Kids > For Parents > Special Conditions in Children > Cerebral Palsy in Children ... Spastic CP: The most common form of CP, which causes the muscles to stiffen and makes movement difficult. Spastic CP can affect just one side of the body, both legs or both arms and both legs.
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We propose to evaluate the effect of sacral percutaneous thermorhizotomy on cerebral palsy children. ... Indications of the procedure are discussed during the walking acquisition period and growing period of the cerebral palsy child.
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Some children with chromosomal anomalies (for example, trisomy 13 and 18) or congenital disorders (hereditary spastic paraplegia, for example) may appear similar to children with cerebral palsy; others, such as children with Down's syndrome, appear very different from children with cerebral palsy.
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