A heterogeneous group of nonprogressive motor disorders caused by chronic brain injuries that originate in the prenatal period, perinatal period, or first few years of life. The four major subtypes are spastic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy, with spastic forms being the most common. The motor disorder may range from difficulties with fine motor control to severe spasticity (see MUSCLE SPASTICITY) in all limbs. Spastic diplegia (Little disease) is the most common subtype, and is characterized by spasticity that is more prominent in the legs than in the arms. Pathologically, this condition may be associated with LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR. (From Dev Med Child Neurol 1998 Aug;40(8):520-7)
    

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A near-naked woman with cerebral palsy walking. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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Child neurology and cerebral palsy : a report of an international study group.

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Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.105 Neurology #2

Welcome to my world ! / by Jane Kenny.

Child neurology and cerebral palsy : a report of an international study group.

The infantile cerebral palsies / Eirene Collis [and others].

Active spastics.