Question
A five-month-old baby has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and currently requires assistance from adults to perform actions such as lifting the head, sitting, and crawling. For actions that a normal baby can easily do, this child faces difficulties. What are the specific manifestations of children with cerebral palsy?
Answer
Hello, children with cerebral palsy typically exhibit motor developmental delays, such as slower development in gross motor skills like lifting the head, sitting independently, crawling, standing, and walking compared to typically developing children. In terms of fine motor skills like grasping objects and finger movements, they also fall behind their peers. Additionally, most spastic cerebral palsy children will show varying degrees of hypotonia in the neonatal period. As they grow older, their muscle tone gradually increases, which may result in straightened and adducted lower limbs, sometimes appearing in a scissor-like shape. The upper limbs may…