Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy

Abstract

An Early Motor Pattern Profile (EMPP), consisting of 15 tests of muscle tone, reflexes, and movement, organized in a standardized format, was used to identify children with cerebral palsy (CP) in the first year of life at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine at Peoria.

Keywords

• early motor pattern profile
• cerebral palsy
• tonic neck reflex