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Children with Cerebral Palsy have damage to the area
of their brain that controls muscle tone. The muscle tone may be too tight, too
loose or a combination of both.
Spastic Cerebral Palsy – If muscle tone is
too tight, the term spastic is term used to describe this type of cerebral
palsy. Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy have stiff and jerky movements
because their muscles are too tight. This is the most common type ofCerebral
Palsy.
Ataxic Cerebral Palsy – The term Ataxic
Cerebral Palsy is used when there is low muscle tone and poor coordination of
movement.
Athetoid Cerebral Palsy – This term is used
to describe the type of Cerebral Palsy when muscle tone is sometimes too high
and sometimes too low.
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