CEREBRAL PALSY - WHAT IT REALLY MEANS?

 A persistent but non unchangeable disorder of movement and posture (Ingram 1955)

A persistent but not unchangeable disorder of posture and motion, due to an organic
and not progressive alteration of cerebral function, determined by pre-, peri- and
post-natal causes, before its growth and development are completed (Bax 1964;
Spastic Society Berlin 1966 - Edinburgh 1969)

“A group of non-progressive, but often changing, motor impairment syndromes
secondary to lesions or abnormalities of the brain” (Mutch et al. 1992)

“A group of chronic neurological disorders manifested by abnormal control of
movement, beginning early in life, and not due to underlying progressive diseases”
(Behrman et al. 1998)

“A persistent disorder of movement and posture caused by non-progressive defects
or lesions of the immature brain” (Aicardi and Bax, 1998)

“A group of disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity
limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the
developing foetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of cerebral palsy are often
accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception,
and/or behavior, and/or by a seizure disorder” (Bax, Goldstein, Rosenbaum et al.
2005)