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342.1 Spastic hemiplegia; 342.9 Unspecified; 343 Infantile cerebral palsy. 343.0 Diplegic; 343.1 Hemiplegic; 343.2 Quadriplegic; 343.3 Monoplegic; 343.4 Infantile hemiplegia; 343.8 Other; 343.9 Unspecified; 344 Other paralytic syndromes. 344.0 Quadriplegia; 344.1 Paraplegia; 344.2 Diplegia of upper limbs; 344.3 Monoplegia of lower limb; 344.4 ...
Spastic quadriplegia, also known as spastic tetraplegia, is a subset of spastic cerebral palsy that affects all four limbs (both arms and legs). Compared to quadriplegia , spastic tetraplegia is defined by spasticity of the limbs as opposed to strict paralysis .
Spastic cerebral palsy is caused by malformation of or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement. [12] What exactly makes some children susceptible to such brain damage is often unknown but it is believed that cerebral palsy may be the result of causal pathways, or chains of events that cause or increase the likelihood of brain injury. [13]
Spastic cerebral palsy is the type of cerebral palsy characterized by spasticity or high muscle tone often resulting in stiff, jerky movements. [110] Itself an umbrella term encompassing spastic hemiplegia, spastic diplegia, spastic quadriplegia and – where solely one limb or one specific area of the body is affected – spastic monoplegia.
Works about cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (3 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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Spasticity; Spina bifida; Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord tumors; Spinal muscular atrophy; Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 – see Distal spinal muscular atrophy type 1; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Split-brain; Steele–Richardson–Olszewski syndrome – see Progressive supranuclear ...
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