cerebral palsy

Question 1

spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Answer 1

• affects bilateral LEs more than UEs
• difficulty with weight bearing, maintaining postural control against gravity
• likely to become easily fatigued with static postures (standing for a long time)

Question 2

diplegia

Answer 2

LEs affected more than UEs

Question 3

Athetoid cerebral palsy/dyskinesia CP

Answer 3

Brain damage to basal ganglia in midbrain
- abnormal tone, postural control, coordination
- TONE = fluctuating/mixed (some muscles too tense, others too relaxed)
- involuntary slow, writhing movements affecting hands, feet, arms, legs, sometimes face muscles (drooling
- symptoms completely diminish during sleep, heighten during waking stress