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Spastic diplegia
Other namesLittle's disease
SpecialtyNeurology

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]

  1. ^ "Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Spastic diplegia (Concept Id: C0023882) - MedGen - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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