- Symptoms of multiple forms of spastic cerebral palsy.

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- Spastic Diplegia/Diparesis
- Spastic Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis
- Spastic Quadriplegia/Quadriparesi
- Mixed Cerebral Palsy

Types of Spastic Cerebral Palsy

“What Is Cerebral Palsy?” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2 Sept. 2021, https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/cp/facts.html.

"What is Cerebral Palsy?" (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)

- Muscle stiffness in leg, resulting in difficulty walking
- Tight hip and leg muscles make legs pull together, turn inward, and cross at the knees.

Spastic Diplegia/Diparesis

- Affects specific side of the body, resulting in balancing difficulties and jerky movements.
- Normally upper body more affected than lower body.


Spastic Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis

- Most severe form. 
- Affects all 4 limbs, trunk, and face. 
- Usually can't walk, has intellectual disability, seizures, and/or problems with vision, hearing, or speech.


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