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what is cerebral palsy
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-Cerebral palsy (CP) describes a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often
accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception, and/or behaviour, and/or by a seizure disorder |
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early classification systems - topographic distribution
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1. monoplegia: 1 limb
2. diplegia: both limbs 3. hemiplegia: 1 side 4. quadriplegia 6. it is impt to note that the trunk and face is often involved |
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type of impairment
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1. spasticity:
-diplegia -hemiplegia -quadriplegia 2. Dyskinesia -athetosis: fluctuating tone -rigidity -tremor 3. ataxia 4. hypotonia 5. mixed |
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Severity
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1. mild: functional limitations only in most advanced gross motor skills used in daily life at child’s age level
2. moderate: functional limitations in whole body functions, such as walking, sitting, changing postures, hand use, speech |
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severity cont
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3. severe: disability restricts performance of activities to fulfill normal life roles
4. profound:no useful or purposeful motor ability; no access to community and society |
