154x Filetype PPTX File size 0.05 MB Source: bowenstaff.bowen.edu.ng
Definition • A non-progressive, non-hereditary disorder of movements and posture occurring in a maturing brain. Main features include • Impairment of motor and posture function • Non-progressive and nonhereditary • Present since birth or early childhood • Major symptoms are muscle rigidity, dyskinesia and hyperreflexia Epidemiology • Global pediatric health challenge • Incidence 1.5-5 per 1000 live births Aetiology • Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy • Neonatal sepsis/meningitis • ABE/kernicterus • Neonatal metabolic disorders • Neonatal seizures • Head injury • Intracranial hemorrhage • Preterm birth • Infantile cerebral malaria, meningitis/encephalitis and head trauma Classifications • Topographic classification based on area of predominant limbal motor deficits • Spastic types: • Spastic quad, • Spastic triplegia, • Spastic paraplegia, • Spastic diplegia • Spastic monoplegia Other types • Choreo-athetotic dyskinetic types • Ataxic • Hypotonic types
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