Form of cerebral palsy affecting the lower body muscles
This article deals with spasticity-based cerebral palsy chiefly affecting the lower extremities, which is the most common. For other types of cerebral-palsy-based spasticity affecting other limbs in varying combinations, see spastic cerebral palsy.
Medical condition
Spastic diplegia
Other names
Little's disease
Specialty
Neurology
Spastic diplegia is a form of cerebral palsy (CP) that is a chronic neuromuscular condition of hypertonia and spasticity—manifested as an especially high and constant "tightness" or "stiffness"—in the muscles of the lower extremities of the human body,[1][2] usually those of the legs, hips and pelvis. Doctor William John Little's first recorded encounter with cerebral palsy is reported to have been among children who displayed signs of spastic diplegia.
Spastic diplegia accounts for about 22% of all diagnoses of cerebral palsy, and together with spastic quadriplegia and spastic triplegia make up the broad classification spastic cerebral palsy, which accounts for 70% of all cerebral palsy diagnoses.[citation needed]
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Spasticdiplegia is a form of cerebral palsy (CP) that is a chronic neuromuscular condition of hypertonia and spasticity—manifested as an especially high...
as spasticdiplegia. The origin of HSP is different from cerebral palsy. Despite this, some of the same anti-spasticity medications used in spastic cerebral...
affecting the upper motor neurons in the form of a lesion, such as spasticdiplegia, or upper motor neuron syndrome, and can also be present in various...
of spastic CP are further classified according to the part or parts of the body that are most affected. Such classifications include spasticdiplegia, spastic...
neuromuscular conditions such as spasticdiplegia and other forms of spastic cerebral palsy. The specific sensory nerves inducing spasticity are identified using...
study began in the 19th century by William John Little, after whom spasticdiplegia was called "Little's disease". William Osler first named it "cerebral...
so forth. Spastic triplegia, meanwhile, involves three limbs (such as one arm and two legs, or one leg and two arms, etc.); spasticdiplegia affects two...
version" of spasticdiplegia. It falls under the mobility impairment umbrella of cerebral palsy. About 20–30% of people with cerebral palsy have spastic hemiplegia...
Diplegia, when used singularly, refers to paralysis affecting symmetrical parts of the body. This is different from hemiplegia which refers to spasticity...
first medical identification of spasticdiplegia, when he observed it in the 1860s amongst children. While spasticity surely existed before that point...
injection, has shown efficacy against hemangiomas, but may result in spasticdiplegia in up to 20% of treated children. These agents are rarely used now...
contractures of all spastic muscles complicated assisting movements of the upper limbs when walking. Arthrogryposis Spasticdiplegia Pernicious anemia Cerebrovascular...
married. Halfon was born with a moderate form of cerebral palsy called spasticdiplegia and underwent several major operations as a child, causing an onset...
epilepsy, craniosynostosis (premature closing of the skull bones), spasticdiplegia, cerebral hypotrophy, underdevelopment or agenesis of the corpus callosum...
children treated. The most serious side effect of interferon is a spasticdiplegia. Other therapeutic options are embolization and pulsed-dye laser, which...
gene for an X-linked syndrome of mental retardation, microcephaly and spasticdiplegia (MRX2)". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 30 (1–2): 493–508. doi:10...
HK (November 2001). "Classification of gait patterns in spastic hemiplegia and spasticdiplegia: a basis for a management algorithm". European Journal...
including epilepsy, impaired coordination, visual loss or blindness, spasticdiplegia or quadriparesis/quadriplegia, delayed development and intellectual...
(born 29 April 1992) is a German Paralympic equestrian. Rosenberg has Spasticdiplegia, a type of Cerebral palsy. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Paralympic...
HK (November 2001). "Classification of gait patterns in spastic hemiplegia and spasticdiplegia: a basis for a management algorithm". European Journal...