Hypotonia is more a description than a diagnosis. It is most often seen in newborns (congenital) and infants, but it may persist through adolescence into adulthood. Another name for infantile hypotonia is “floppy baby syndrome.” This refers to the tendency of a hypotonic infant’s arms, legs, and head to “flop,” or dangle loosely, when they [...]

There are mixed forms of Cerebral Palsy. There are even some patients that commonly have mixed Cerebral Palsy. The most common is a combination of spasticity and athetoid, but there are also other combinations.
Under mixed Cerebral Palsy, both voluntary movement and muscle tone are affected. Mixed Cerebral Palsy is somewhat complicated than the regular [...]

HYPOTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY – a disorder of the brain
Hypotonic Cerebral Palsy or Cerebral palsy is a very rare form of a disorder of the brain. It is a disorder involving the impairment of body movement and low muscle tone which is called hypotonic. Cerebral palsy sometimes affects a person’s intellectual ability to move [...]

Have you seen someone that has a contorted body and is unable to control their posture and movement? Someone who has difficulties with their speech, have a learning disability or other related illnesses caused by cerebral palsy? To some people, they don’t even know the meaning of cerebral palsy. But actually, it is a [...]

There are different types of Cerebral Palsy affecting several people. Cerebral palsy occurs during the early stages of birth and a few months afterbirth. In fact, early detection of cerebral palsy in infants can be noticed. Cerebral palsy is not caused by problems in the muscles or nerves but due to damage to motor [...]

There are four types of cerebral palsy, and ataxic cerebral palsy is one of them. A person who has ataxic cerebral palsy has low muscle tone and their movements have poor coordination. They usually appear shaky and unsteady.
This type of cerebral palsy is quite rare in form as it affects depth perception and the [...]

Being an adult requires you to be independent; to be fending for yourself and earning the money you need to live.
However, there are people who may have difficulty doing this. People who are physically challenged, people who have Cerebral Palsy or CP. These people have difficulty in muscle control and in motor skills. How [...]

What will you feel if one of your family members is showing the symptoms of cerebral palsy? Will you be in panic? Or rush off to grab a book to read more information about the condition in which babies are typically affected? It is very important to learn about the symptoms of cerebral palsy [...]