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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a essential disorder result in disability of children. Various treatments, especially rehabilitation, have been used and made some success for CP. This paper reviewed a number of literatures published last decade. The level of evidence and rec-ommendation grade of various treatments was evaluated according to Cochrane.
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@#Cerebral palsy (CP) is a essential disorder result in disability of children. Various treatments, especially rehabilitation, have been used and made some success for CP. This paper reviewed a number of literatures published last decade. The level of evidence and recommendation grade of various treatments was evaluated according to Cochrane.
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@#Proposed definition of cerebral palsy(CP) is a group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal and infant brain. Types of cerebral palsy are divided into spastic(diplegia, hemiplegia, quatriplegia), dyskinetic(athetotic, dystonic), ataxic (simple ataxia, ataxic diplegia), and mixed CP(primarily spasticity with athetosis).
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@#Objective To investigate the clinical and intellectual characteristics of children with cerebral palsy of ataxia type.Methods Twenty-one children with cerebral palsy of ataxia type were evaluated by the illness history,clinical physical examination,brain MRI scan and intellectual assessment.Results Delayed motor milestones and dysfunction of balance were found in these children,and 80.9% of brain MRI scan was abnormal as cerebellar damage,and delayed intellectual ability found in these children was ameliorated as improvement of motor function.Conclusion Cerebral palsy of ataxia type is mainly caused by cerebellar damage manifests as delayed motor function,dysfunction of balance and mental retardation.