Objectives. Morbidity and mortality in patients with cerebral palsy are related to motor function disability, as well as other contributing disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of epilepsy and other disorders in cerebral palsy patients using the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), and to determine their relationship. Methods. This study was performed...

: CP is a group of permanent disorders motor function, which are due to non-progressive lesion, or abnormality the developing/immature brain. Motor function often accompanied by other dysfunctions, such as: sensation, perceptual, cognitive, communication and behavioral disorders, epilepsy, secondary musculoskeletal disorders. (1) It most common cause disability in childhood. (2)The worldwide pr...

Children who have been diagnosed with any one developmental disorder are very likely to meet diagnostic criteria for some other developmental disorder. Although comorbidity has long been acknowledged in childhood disorders, little is understood about the mechanisms that are responsible for the high level of comorbidity. In a series of studies, we have investigated the link between sensory-motor...