What is cerebral palsy - new advances in treatment of cerebral palsy?

Abstract

Abstract. Cerebral palsy is the most frequent motorimpairment in childhood. In many countries, its prevalence is predicted toincrease. There are an estimated 15 million people with cerebral palsy aroundthe world and more than half of them are mentally retarded and one third haveepilepsy. It should be seen that it is more than merely a motor disorder. Therecan be problems of development, perceptual-cognitive impairment, social andfunctional problems of daily living, emotional and behavioural problems, andmany other difficulties. In addition to this early brain damage is not asynonym for Cerebral palsy.Key words: Cerebral palsy, motor disorder, epilepsy, mental retardation

Keywords

• Cerebral palsy, motor disorder, epilepsy, mental retardation

References

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