This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability-the cerebral palsies. It follows
up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still …

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 …

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 …

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

Cerebral palsy is a common and significant disorder of motor development, with an
incidence of 2–2.5 per 1000 live births. Despite improvements in antenatal and perinatal …

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 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 …

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 …

Purpose. Cerebral Palsy (CP) contains varying clinical presentations, associated disorders
and aetiological moments. Quantitative data and trends on these aspects were lacking in …

Cerebral palsy is the commonest physical disability in childhood, occurring in 2.0 to 2.5 per
1000 live births. Although the total number of children with cerebral palsy has remained …