A survey on 200 referral cases of cerebral palsy

Abstract EN

Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a nonprogressive (static) encephalopathy that may be accompanied by speech, auditory and visual abnormality, seizure, learning.

disorder, mental retardation and, etc.

CP occurs as the result of damage in, each phases of brain growth and usually the motor pathways are involved.

we investigate this problem because there is no study on CP (in respect of etiology, types and associated disorders) in Iran and prevention is proceed treatment.

A case control study was carried out to investigate the effect of risk factors on CP.

Cases "were those reffered to Welfare and Rehabilitation Center in Tehran with diagnosis of CP, totaling 200 cases.

For these 200 cases, 300 controls were selected randomly.

from local or regional schools.

The information collected using checklist The results showed that the, perinatal factors, were the most frequent causes of CP among which low birth weight was the most outstanding factor.

Spastic diplegic CP was recorders as the most frequent type (39.50).

47% of total CPs and the most of spastic quadriplegic CPs (63%) were mentally retarded.

Seizure (observed in 35% of patients) and swallow difficulties were the most frequent in spastic quadriplegic CPs.

Speech disorder was observed in 70% of patients among who 48% were mildly disordered.

The most frequent visual abnormality was strabismus which has been observed in spastic diplegic CP.