What is spastic cerebral palsy?

Abstract

Spastic cerebral palsy (CP) is a brain disorder characterised by impairment and abnormalities of voluntary movement and posture. Deficits in intelligence and language may also occur. This term is used to describe a disorder, which is persistent and caused by a nonprogressive brain lesion. This condition implies that there has been an event or process any time during the prenatal, perinatal or postnatal periods causing a change in brain development, and hence subsequent function. The severity of impairment ranges from mild to severe. The lesion is permanent and static and the condition is life-long, but there are inevitable changes, which occur as a result of maturation and growth.