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Birth Injury Statistics throughout the United States
28,000 birth injuries per year
2,333 birth injuries per month
538 birth injuries per week
76 birth injuries per day
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The following are 5 major types of Cerebral Palsy:
1. Spastic
2. Anthetoid
3. Ataxic
4. Hypotonic
5. Mixed
*Tremors and rigidity may or may not affect a child living with cerebral palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
• Most common form of the disease
• Affects between 70% and 80% of all patients
• Occurs when brain damage occurs in the outer layer of the brain
• Four forms of disorder
• Diplegia
• Hemiplegia
• Quadripleia
• Dyskinetia
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic70%
Athetoid20%
Ataxic10%
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy
• 2nd most common form of the disease
• Affects between 20% and 25% of all patients
• Caused by damage to the basal ganglia in the midbrain
• Characterized by slow, involuntary muscle movement and mixed muscle tone
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic70%
Athetoid20%
Ataxic10%
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
• Least common form of the disease
• Affects between 5% and 10% of all patients
• Occurs from damage to the cerebellum
• Generally affects coordination of movement in arms and legs
• Causes poor muscle tone
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic70%
Athetoid20%
Ataxic10%
Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy
Common Traits
• Poor muscle tone• Bad posture• Often lay down • Poor head control
• Is generally recognized early in childhood
• Often described as having a “floppy” appearance
Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic70%
Athetoid20%
Ataxic10%
Mixed Cerebral Palsy
• 10% of children with CP have a combination of 2 or more types
• Most common combination is Spastic and Athetoid
• Causes muscle groups to become tight
• Patients have limited movement
• May be difficult to lift or hold objects
Mixed Cerebral Palsy
Types of Cerebral Palsy
Spastic70%
Athetoid20%
Ataxic10%
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