IC 31: Pain in Cerebral Palsy across the lifespan: An evidence-based approach to understanding, assessing, and treating complex pain

In the ICF, pain is allocated to the dimension of body functions, chapter 2 “Sensory functions and pain.” Cerebral palsy (CP) is the health condition defined as “a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances in the developing foetal or infant brain. The motor disorders of CP are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception, and behaviour, in addition to epilepsy and secondary musculoskeletal problems.” According to the report, the musculoskeletal problems include pain (3).