Changing Motor Pattern in Cerebral Palsy
脳性小児麻痺の経年的病像変容に関する研究

Eiji OKA, Tsuruichi BAN, Yasuko YAMATOGI, Hideo INOUE, Shunsuke OHTAHARA
1972 No to hattatsu = Brain and development  
A long term follow-up study of patients with cerebral palsy has been done in the following manners : (1) 164 cases have been studied prospectively, (2) 78 cases retrospectively, (3) 42 cases longitudinally with periodic examinations. 1) Spastic type was most common (62. 8%) during infancy. While it decreased to 28. 7%, athetotic and dystonic (dyskinetic) types became most common during school age. 2) Pure rigidity and hypotonic types were not observed beyond the age of 5. 3) Marked modification
more » ... of the original type such as spastic, rigidity, hypotonic or unclassified type
doi:10.11251/ojjscn1969.4.411 fatcat:2kpyjejgxncz3illyhivtzlkly