Brain Injury Terms and Definitions

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	There are different types of cerebral palsy. Some of the different types of cerebral palsy are as follows: (1) acquired cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy result from damage or injury incurred after birth, and is therefore ‘acquired’ after birth, (2) congenital cerebral palsy: another of cerebral palsy is congenital, and this is contracted at birth or during the pregnancy, (3) spastic cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy makes up about eighty percent of cerebral palsy sufferers. With this type of cerebral palsy, movement can be very limited due to groups of tight muscles, (4) athetoid cerebral palsy: this form of cerebral palsy affects the areas of the brain that are responsible for processing signals that allow for efficient and proper co-ordination and posture, (5) ataxic cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy is where the child has poor muscle tone, and movement is poorly co-coordinated, and (6) mixed cerebral palsy: this type of cerebral palsy is a combination of other types of cerebral palsy.