This term refers to non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that limit and impair the movement, balance, and posture of one's body. ... Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which contro...

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This term refers to non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that limit and impair the movement, balance, and posture of one's body. ... Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which contro...

• Word Count: 4974
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate