Spasticity, hyperreflexia, persistence of primitive reflexes, and abnormal posture.
Permanent motor dysfunction resulting from nonprogressive injury to the developing fetal or infant brain.
Cerebral palsy.
Prematurity and low birth weight.
Cerebral palsy.
Developmental delay in motor skills and neurobehavioral abnormalities such as excessive docility and irritability.
Prenatal magnesium sulfate.
Muscle relaxants (e.g., baclofen), botulinum toxin injections, and selective dorsal rhizotomy.