Cerebral Palsy

Royden Dominic DSouza

Definition
The International Workshop on Definition and Classification
of Cerebral Palsy in 2007.
Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of
the development of movement and posture, causing activity
limitations that are attributed to nonprogressive disturbances
that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.
The motor disorders of CP are often accompanied by
disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition,
communication and behavior as well as seizures and
secondary musculoskeletal problems.

Etiology
--------------------------------------------Prenatal
Perinatal

Problems During Labor and Delivery

Vascular events such as a
Obstructed labor
middle cerebral artery infarct
Antepartum hemorrhage
Maternal infections during the Cord prolapse
Other Neonatal Causes
first and second trimesters such as
Hypoxicischemic encephalopathy
rubella, cytomegalovirus, and
Neonatal stroke, usually of the middle cerebral
toxoplasmosis
artery
Less common: metabolic disorders,
maternal ingestion of toxins, and rare Severe hypoglycemia
Untreated jaundice
genetic syndromes
Severe neonatal infection

Risk Factors
Risk Factors During
Pregnancy
Preeclampsia in term
infants but not in
preterm infants
Multiple pregnancies
associated with:
Preterm delivery
Poor intrauterine growth
Birth defects
Intrapartum
complications