Spastic Cerebral Palsy is the most common type of Cerebral
Palsy with about 80 percent of cases.1
It is characterized by “abnormal control
of voluntary limb muscles and associated with an enduring
positive Babinski reflex, the presence of a clasp knife
effect, and by exaggerated reflexes.”2
A person with spastic cerebral palsy has high
muscle tone, or tight muscle groups which limit movement,
and the inability of the muscles to relax. Other problems
associated with spasticity include ligaments that do
not stretch adequately or grow in proportion to the
body, and stiffness.
1. Spastic Cerebral Palsy.
http://www.about-cerebral-palsy.org/definition/spastic-cerebral-palsy.html
2. 2000. Blair, Eve, Stanley, Fiona, and Alberman, Eva.
Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology & Casual Pathways,
Mac Keith Press. Lavenham, Suffolk
