Cerebral palsy: a multidisciplinary, integrated approach is essential

Sholpan A. Bulekbayeva, Zholtay R. Daribayev, Sholpan Ospanova, Sandro Vento

The Lancet Global Health, 2017

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DOI 10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30082-7
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Abstract

Cerebral palsy, a syndrome of motor impairment resulting from a lesion in the developing brain, has a worldwide prevalence of 1·0–3·5 per 1000 livebirths.1,2 A life-course perspective needs to be adopted as more children live into their adolescence and adulthood. Individuals' participation in life and availability of family-centred services are very important and differ between countries.3 In low-income countries, most treatments are provided by families and multidisciplinary assessment is done in rural clinics.