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  • Essay / Presentation of cerebral palsy - 1418

    Cerebral palsy is most often explained as “cerebral palsy” according to Abdel-Hamid, Zeldin, Bazzano, Ratanawongsa (2013), which results in the inability to control the brain movements. Therefore, it results in the inability to control the movements of body parts such as arms, legs, hands, feet, tongue, head, etc. Although cerebral palsy has a common description, it does not have an exact definition. Cerebral palsy is described in medical terms by Bax M, Goldstein M, Rosenbaum P, Leviton A, Paneth N, Dan B et al (2005). In the following statement: “A group of developmental disorders of movement and posture causing activity limitations attributed to nonprogressive disturbances in the developing brain of the fetus or infant. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often accompanied by disorders of sensation, cognition, communication, perception and/or behavior and/or seizure disorder. "There are three classifications of cerebral palsy according to Abdel-Hamid, et.al (2013). The first classification is spastic cerebral palsy. Spastic cerebral palsy represents approximately 80% of all cases according to Jacobsson B, Hagberg G. (2004 ).Spastic cerebral palsy causes involuntary movements or non-movements of a particular side of the body, upper or lower body, or all four quadrants of the body. Extrapyramidal is the second classification of cerebral palsy. Extrapyramidal cerebral palsy accounts for 10-15% of diagnoses (Abdel-Hamid, et.al (2013) and is described as abnormal involuntary movements of body parts. The third classification of cerebral palsy is ataxic. Ataxic cerebral palsy. occurs in 10 cases -15% of the diagnosis (Abdel-Hamid, et.al (2013). The description of A...... middle of the article ......d. Extracted from http:/ /www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/cp/data.htmlJacobsson B, Hagberg G. Prenatal risk factors for cerebral palsy. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol June 2004; [Medline]. Nordmark E, Josenby AL,. Lagergren J, Andersson G, Strömblad LG, Westbom L. Long-term results five years after selective dorsal rhizotomy BMC Pediatr December 14, 2008. Stanley F, Blair E, Alberman E. Cerebral palsies: epidemiology and causal pathways. London, UK: MacKeith Press; 2000. Stern Law Group (n.d.). Retrieved from http://cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/what-is-cerebral-palsy/Straub, Kathryn. ; John E. (2009). "Effects of cerebral palsy on neurophysiological function". Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 21 (2): 153-167. doi:10.1007/s10882-009-9130-3.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataxic_cerebral_palsy