{"id":30236,"date":"2011-06-26T11:18:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T11:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagners1.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/dystonic-cerebral-palsy\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T11:18:23","slug":"dystonic-cerebral-palsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/es\/blog\/dystonic-cerebral-palsy\/","title":{"rendered":"DYSTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY"},"content":{"rendered":"\nMixed Cerebral Palsy (CP)<\/a> is a developmental disorder caused by brain damage, often lack of oxygen, that takes place before, during or shortly after birth. Infants diagnosed with mixed CP have damage to centers in various parts of the brain that control motor functioning.\n\nThis condition is referred to as \u201cmixed\u201d CP, as it encompasses symptoms from the other types of cerebral palsy. One method to classify CP is to describe the predominant motor characteristics, which include spastic, hypotonic, athetotic, dystonic, and ataxic. For instance, spastic CP is characterized by high muscle tone which causes stiffness and jerky movements. Athetoid CP (also called dyskinetic cerebral palsy) is often characterized by slow, uncontrolled movements of the extremities and trunk. Ataxic CP primarily involves issues with balance and coordination that affect normal movement.\n\nChildren with Mixed CP display a combination of the above, including spastic, exaggerated and involuntary movements, abnormal reflexes, poor posture, tremors, and lack of coordination.\n\nCauses and Risk Factors<\/strong>:\nAll cerebral palsy is caused by damage to the developing brain. Different types of cerebral palsy stem from injuries to various motor control centers of the brain<\/a>. Multiple parts of these centers may be damaged in Mixed CP, thus resulting in the range of movement problems described above.\n\nBrain damage can be caused by a number of factors. Birth injuries that increase the risk of Mixed CP may be caused by the following medical misjudgments, errors and omissions:\n