These may also be a cause of CP in these premature infants. Crawford studied 500 pregnancies and found that the mothers producing low birth weight babies were deficient in 43 of 44 different vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids when compared to mothers producing normal birth weight babies. These though, may have been due to the seizures. The patient would have deficiencies in one or both of these functions to some degree because of crowding. Early detection is very important to CP patients so rehabilitating measures can be initiated.
Physical therapy is used for treatment to control associated posture and tone problems.
The causes and correlation s of CP are being more known to us so that we now have a good idea to some of the major causes and problems associated with CP, but a lot of research still needs to be done in this area if we are truly ever going to completely understand the causes of Cerebral Palsy. We must look at new places and find new ways of testing our old knowledge if we are ever to completely understand Cerebral Palsy. The association with morphology at birth . Early Human Development . Crawford, M. Essential Fatty Acids and Neurodevelopmental disorder .