Abstract

Cerebral Palsy (CP), a non-progressive motor disorder, which arises due to lesions of the brain during pregnancy, labour or shortly after birth effects 1-1.5/1000 live births. Altogether 658 CP cases were acquitted from 14 health organizations that permitted access to the data. Data was assembled with respect to topography, muscle tone, severity level and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) is accompanied by the comorbidities and co-mitigating factors from 2010-2016. Data represented topographically showed a greater percentage of quadriplegic cases i.e.186 (39.9%). Spastic tone was the most commonly presented muscle tone i.e. 352 (53.4%) and 235 (57.7%) cases were in the mild severity zone. Level II was the most prevalent GMFCS i.e. 189 (34.4%). The most prevalent comorbidity was epilepsy i.e. 96 (14.58%) and co-mitigating factor was Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder i.e. 18 (2.73%). A dominant male to female ratio was seen as 1.4:1. The prevalence of males was exhibiting an increase of 80.3% in contrast to females.

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