Cerebral palsy

• What are some causes of CP?


  Prematurity

  Periventricular leukomalacia

  Periventricular haemorrhage
• What are some risk factors for CP?


  Maternal medication use

  Problems during birth

  Prematurity

  Maternal seizures

  Multiple births

  Infections

  Trauma
• How can CP present?


  Failure to reach milestones

  Failure to outgrow primitive reflexes

  Tone abnormalities

  Asymmetrical movement

  Feeding difficulties

  Abnormal motor development
• What are some developmental delays?


  All corrected for gest age:

  • Not sitting by 8 months
  • Not walking by 18 months
  • Early asymmetry of hand function before 1 year
• What are the 4 types of CP?

  Spastic

  Dyskinetic

  Ataxic

  Mixed
• How can spastic cerebral palsy present?


  Stiff and tight muscles
• How can dyskinetic cerebral palsy present?


  Muscles switch between stiffness and floppiness = random uncontrolled body movements or spasms
• How can ataxic cerebral palsy present?


  Balance and co-ordination problems = shaky or clumsy movements and sometimes tremors
• How can mixed cerebral palsy present?


  Symptoms of more than one type of CP