Spastic Cerebral Palsy - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
WEBJul 14, 2024 · Spastic cerebral palsy is a developmental disorder caused by damage to the brain before birth, during delivery, or within the first few years of life. This condition prevents the normal development of motor function. Spastic CP is characterized by jerky movements, muscle tightness, and joint stiffness.
Management of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy
WEBCP -related spasticity can interfere with function and contribute to contractures and boney deformities. In this Q&A, Joline E. Brandenburg, M.D., answers questions about the management of spasticity in children with CP. Dr. Brandenburg is a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and director of the Cerebral Palsy and Spina ...
Spastic Cerebral Palsy | Symptoms, Treatment, and Prognosis
WEBApr 11, 2024 · Spastic cerebral palsy causes increased muscle tone, stiff muscles, and difficulty walking. Treatments include physical therapy, medications, and surgery. What Is Spastic Cerebral Palsy? Spastic cerebral palsy occurs as a result of brain damage, usually before or during birth or sometimes within the first years of a child’s life.
Cerebral palsy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
WEBStiff muscles and exaggerated reflexes, known as spasticity. This is the most common movement condition related to cerebral palsy. Variations in muscle tone, such as being either too stiff or too floppy. Stiff muscles with regular reflexes, known as rigidity. Lack of balance and muscle coordination, known as ataxia.
Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Signs, Causes, and Treatment Options - Healthline
WEBMar 22, 2024 · Spastic cerebral palsy is a disorder that involves muscle stiffness. Symptoms and signs may include difficulty walking, trouble manipulating objects, and vision, hearing, or speech challenges.
Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Symptoms, Treatment, and More
WEBDec 7, 2023 · Spastic cerebral palsy is characterized by diminished motor control and spasticity of the muscles. Spasticity is tightness and rigidity of the muscle, sometimes with a jerky component. Contractures can develop in the affected muscles, resulting in a tight, fixed position of a limb that is difficult to move, even passively.
Cerebral Palsy - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
WEBJul 19, 2024 · What are the different types of cerebral palsy? Doctors classify cerebral palsy according to the type of movement disorder involved: Spastic (stiff muscles), athetoid (writhing movements), or ataxic (poor balance and coordination)—plus any additional symptoms, such weakness (paresis) or paralysis (plegia). There are four main types of CP:
Management of Spasticity in Children with Cerebral Palsy
WEBMay 9, 2014 · In general, treatment options for management of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy include oral medications, physical and occupational therapy, splinting and casting, chemodenervation with botulinum toxin or phenol, selective dorsal rhizotomy, intrathecal baclofen, and orthopedic surgery [4-6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18].
Cerebral palsy: Treatment of spasticity, dystonia, and ... - UpToDate
WEBNov 17, 2023 · The treatment of spasticity, dystonia, and associated orthopedic issues in patients with CP is discussed here. Other aspects of management and prognosis of CP are discussed separately. (See "Cerebral palsy: Overview of management and prognosis".)
Spasticity Management for Cerebral Palsy in Children
WEBOur neuromuscular experts work together to provide children who have cerebral palsy with the care they need to relieve spasticity and prevent progressive damage to muscles and joints.
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