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Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

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GuidelinesCerebral PalsyDescription General measures G80.0-4/G80.8-9 DESCRIPTION Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from an injury to the developing brain. The most common type of CP is hypertonia/spasticity (85%), followed by dyskinesia (7%), ataxia (4%), and hypotonia (3%). The distribution of motor impairment may be bilateral (as in diplegia, quadriplegia, or triplegia) or unilateral (as i