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  2. Ataxic cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Ataxic cerebral palsy is clinically in approximately 5–10% of all cases of cerebral palsy, making it the least frequent form of cerebral palsy diagnosed. [1] Ataxic cerebral palsy is caused by damage to cerebellar structures, differentiating it from the other two forms of cerebral palsy, which are spastic cerebral palsy (damage to cortical motor areas and underlying white matter) and ...

  3. Cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Ataxic cerebral palsy is known to decrease muscle tone. [116] The most common manifestation of ataxic cerebral palsy is intention (action) tremor, which is especially apparent when carrying out precise movements, such as tying shoe laces or writing with a pencil. This symptom gets progressively worse as the movement persists, making the hand shake.

  4. Management of cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Most research into cerebral palsy covers children and adolescents. [104] Stem cell therapy, [120] and other cell-based therapies are being studied as a treatment. [4] A potential treatment for some forms of cerebral palsy may be deep brain stimulation. [121]

  5. Athetosis - Wikipedia

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    An additional possible treatment option for those afflicted with the symptom is neurostimulation. Studies have begun, and in cerebral palsy patients affected with dystonia-choreoathetosis, it has been demonstrated that neurostimulation has been an effective treatment in lessening symptoms in patients.

  6. General movements assessment - Wikipedia

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    A general movements assessment is a type of medical assessment used in the diagnosis of cerebral palsy, [1] and is particularly used to follow up high-risk neonatal cases. [2] The general movements assessment involves measuring movements that occur spontaneously among those less than four months of age and appears to be most accurate test for ...

  7. Manual Ability Classification System - Wikipedia

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    The Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) is a medical classification system used to describe how children aged from 4 to 18 years old with cerebral palsy use their hands with objects during activities of daily living, with a focus on the use of both hands together.

  8. Athetoid cerebral palsy - Wikipedia

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    Bilirubin encephalopathy leading to cerebral palsy has been greatly reduced by effective monitoring and treatment for hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants. [1] As kernicterus has decreased due to improvements in care, over the last 50 years the proportion of children developing athetoid CP has decreased. [8]

  9. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral arteriosclerosis; Cerebral atrophy; Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy; Cerebral dysgenesis–neuropathy–ichthyosis–keratoderma syndrome; Cerebral gigantism; Cerebral palsy; Cerebral vasculitis; Cerebrospinal fluid leak; Cervical spinal stenosis; Charcot ...