Athetoid Cerebral Palsy Compensation Claims

Dyskinetic or athetoid cerebral palsy accounts for over 10% of all cases and is characterised by mixed muscle tone which is sometimes high and sometimes low. Athetoid cerebral palsy manifests itself by spontaneous and unwanted movements particularly of the face arms and upper body. Those who suffer from athetoid cerebral palsy exhibit disrupted posture control ensuring difficulty in maintaining an upright steady position. The four main types of this condition are categorised as follows:-

• spastic cerebral palsy
• ataxic cerebral palsy
• athetoid cerebral palsy
• mixed cerebral palsy