Cerebral palsy: current opinions on definition, epidemiology, risk factors, classification and treatment options

M Sadowska, B Sarecka-Hujar… - … disease and treatment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Cerebral palsy: an overview

K Vitrikas, H Dalton, D Breish - American family physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Cerebral palsy, which occurs in two to three out of 1,000 live births, has multiple etiologies
resulting in brain injury that affects movement, posture, and balance. The movement …

Global prevalence of cerebral palsy: A systematic analysis

S McIntyre, S Goldsmith, A Webb… - … Medicine & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine trends and current estimates in regional and global prevalence of cerebral
palsy (CP). Method A systematic analysis of data from participating CP registers/surveillance …

Early diagnosis and classification of cerebral palsy: an historical perspective and barriers to an early diagnosis

A Te Velde, C Morgan, I Novak, E Tantsis… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the 1800s, there have been calls in the literature for the early diagnosis of cerebral
palsy (CP). However, diagnosis still often occurs late, from 12 to 24 months in high income …

Molecular diagnostic yield of exome sequencing in patients with cerebral palsy

A Moreno-De-Luca, F Millan, DR Pesacreta… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cerebral palsy is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting movement
and posture that often co-occurs with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Individual cases …

Early diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy

M Hadders-Algra - Frontiers in neurology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for early diagnosis and early
intervention in cerebral palsy (CP). CP describes a group of disorders of the development of …

Effect of early intervention in infants at very high risk of cerebral palsy: a systematic review

M Hadders‐Algra, AG Boxum… - … Medicine & Child …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim First, to systematically review the evidence on the effect of intervention applied during
the first postnatal year in infants with or at very high risk of cerebral palsy (CP) on child and …

Redefining cerebral palsies as a diverse group of neurodevelopmental disorders with genetic aetiology

CL van Eyk, MC Fahey, J Gecz - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebral palsy is a clinical descriptor covering a diverse group of permanent, non-
degenerative disorders of motor function. Around one-third of cases have now been shown …

Genetic mimics of cerebral palsy

TS Pearson, R Pons, R Ghaoui, CM Sue - Movement disorders, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The term “cerebral palsy mimic” is used to describe a number of neurogenetic disorders that
may present with motor symptoms in early childhood, resulting in a misdiagnosis of cerebral …

Genetic or other causation should not change the clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy

AH MacLennan, S Lewis… - Journal of child …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
High throughput sequencing is discovering many likely causative genetic variants in
individuals with cerebral palsy. Some investigators have suggested that this changes the …