Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Spastic cerebral palsy is the most common type of cerebral palsy. Nearly eighty percent of cerebral palsy patients suffer from this form of the disorder, which limits movement to one ore more tight muscle groups. The condition results in stiff and difficult body movements. Affected children may find it extremely challenging to move from one position to another or to grasp objects.

Spastic cerebral palsy is a result of damage to the motor cortex, or pyramidal tract. This is the part of the brain that helps coordinate body movements. As a result of spastic cerebral palsy, muscles are stiffly and permanently contracted. In addition, some individuals may suffer from uncontrollable shaking that affects the limbs on one side of the body. This condition is called hemiparetic tremors.

Spastic cerebral palsy not only occurs by itself, but also is manifested in mixed cerebral palsy when combined with another form of the disorder. The most common form of mixed cerebral palsy combines spastic and athetoid conditions. This results in a patient with the tight muscle tone of spastic cerebral palsy and the involuntary movements of athetoid cerebral palsy.

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