Purpose. Describing the epidemiology of cerebral palsy (CP), its impairments and risk
factors. Method. Literature review 1965–2004. Search terms: Cerebral palsy, incidence …

Epidemiology of CP aims to describe the frequency of the condition in a population and to
monitor its changes over time. Also it studies the determinants of this condition which …

AIM: To determine the prevalence of cerebral palsy in a specific population. METHODS:
Multiple sources of ascertainment were used to create and maintain a register of all cases of …

Objective. To determine trends in the prevalence of congenital cerebral palsy (CP) over a 16-
year period for 1-year survivors using a large, population-based surveillance program …

OVER the past decade, regular international meetings devoted to the state of the art in the
epidemiology of cerebral palsy have been held: in California in 1987, in Cambridge in 1989 …

Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most frequent causes of motor disability in children.
According to the up-to-date definition, CP is a group of permanent disorders of the …

The term cerebral palsy refers to a range of clinical symptoms, with related service
requirements, resulting from lesions or abnormalities in the brain arising early in life. It is not …

Aim To describe the epidemiology of cerebral palsy (CP) in children from low‐and middle‐
income countries (LMICs) using data from the Global Low‐and Middle‐Income Country CP …

The first question that epidemiologists ask about a disease is ''How much?''. Before
resources can be allocated toward the prevention or control of any disease or health …

Definition of cerebral palsy (CP) has become more precise in recent years and, even if CP
remains an umbrella term, a simple classification system for CP types has been proposed …