Signs and symptoms Cerebral palsy is defined as "a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain." While movement problems are the central feature of CP, difficulties with thinking, learning, feeling, communication and behavior often co-occur, with 28% having epilepsy, 58% having difficulties with communication, at least 42% having problems with their vision, and 2356% having learning disabilities. Muscle contractions in people with cerebral palsy-related high muscle tone are commonly thought to arise from overactivation. Although most people with CP have problems with increased muscle tone, some have low muscle tone instead. High muscle tone can either be due to spasticity or dystonia.
Signs and symptoms Cerebral palsy is defined as "a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture causing activity limitation that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain" While movement problems are the central feature of CP difficulties with thinking learning feeling communication and behavior often co-occur with 28% having epilepsy 58% having difficulties with communication at least 42% having problems with their vision and 2356% having learning disabilities Muscle contractions in people with cerebral palsy-related high muscle tone are commonly thought to arise from overactivation Although most people with CP have problems with increased muscle tone some have low muscle tone instead High muscle tone can either be due to spasticity or dystonia