Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics

Back ground: Cerebral palsy (CP) registers appear to be appropriate tools for answering questions regarding the prevalence and characteristics of the disease. Purpose: this study was conducted to establish data base for cerebral palsy (CP) in Itay El -Baroud, Rasheed and Shubrakheet at Al_Buhera governorate. Subjects and Methods: Three hundreds forty seven children with CP receiving physical therapy services of both genders participated in this study.Their ages ranged from four months up to 12 years. They were recruited from three public hospitals, one private hospital, one Ministry of Health, insurance hospital and eight private centers in previous three cities. They were subjected to modified Australian Registry Form. Results: This study revealed that the incidence of CP children who received physical therapy services was 1.02/ 1000 live birth in previous cities. Boys and girls represented 57.9% and 42.1% respectively from total cases. Governmental hospitals and private hospital represented 74.4% and 25.6% respectively.The percentage of CP types was spastic 80.1%, dyskintic 11.2%, ataxic 4.9% and hypotonic 3.7%.The results of Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), level V had the highest percentages and the results of Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) represented that 70% of all cases have score, which is the sum of percentages scores of all dimensions, less than one hundred that means that the prevalence of severity is high.Conclusion: Registry of cerebral palsy in Itay El -Baroud, Rasheed and Shubrakheet is high. Spastic type is the highest percentage while hypotonic type is the least percentage of total cases. Based on Gross Motor Function Classification System and Gross Motor Function Measure, most of patients were severe cases

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