DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i12.030

Pages: 4328-4334

Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement and posture that result from a non-progressive lesion or injury of the immature brain. The prevalence of cerebral palsy among children is about 2 per 1000 live births. it is much higher in developing countries. To analyse the clinical picture of cerebral palsy in Gulbarga area the present study conducted in government general hospital , Basaveshwar teaching &general hospital, Gulbarga attached to M.R medical college, Gulbarga were included in this study over a period of two years from march 2001 to march 2003 over 50 patients. Majority of cases were belongs to1-5years (52%).male female ratio was 2.5:1.the commonest physiological presentation was spastic type (82%).and commonest topographical presentation was quadriplegia.