Local Law Firms Home > Medical Malpractice > Cerebral Palsy > Types of CP > Mixed Cerebral Palsy Roughly ten percent of those suffering from cerebral palsy have a combination of two or more kinds, which is known as mixed cerebral palsy. The most typical variation of mixed cerebral palsy is a combination of athetoid and spastic, although other variations are also possible. Although by no means typical, there are children who have been diagnosed with a combination of athetoid, ataxic, and spastic cerebral palsy.
Because spastic cerebral palsy causes one or more muscle groups to become tight, patience often have serious movement restrictions. Because of this, children with this disability have jerky and stiff movements, frequently having issues changing positions and find it hard to grab, hold, and release objects. Due to the injury they have sustained to both the pyramidal and extra pyramidal parts of the brain, those suffering from mixed cerebral palsy frequently exhibit the involuntary movements of athetoid cerebral palsy in addition to the tight muscle movements associated with spastic cerebral palsy. The spasticity is usually more dominant, while the involuntary athetoid movements increase as the child begins to grow, often between nine months and three years of age. It can be years until the signs of mixed cerebral palsy are noticed. Did you know? |