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Cerebral Palsy

Publication at Second Faculty of Medicine |
2011

Abstract

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most frequent movement disorder in childhood. disturbance momentum are complex and multifaceted theme. Difficult to define and clarify.

In addition, the onset of disorder and its movement pattern between individual patients often differs. Added to this is the age and developmental changes.

These characteristics also apply to DMO. DMO is the result of prenatal, postnatal or Early postnatal lesions of the developing brain.

The definition excludes a progressive and degenerative diseases. DMO is a progressive condition, but is not invariant.

The failure of momentum is often connects epilepsy (33%), numbness, senses and perception, learning disabilities (40%), cognition, communication, behavior or mental retardation (Himmelmann et al., 2006). Severe visual impairment is at 19% of children.