Spastic diplegia, historically known as Little`s Disease, is a form of cerebral palsy (CP) that is a chronic neuromuscular condition of hypertonia and spasticity — manifested as an especially high and constant `tightness` or `stiffness` — in the muscles of the lower extremities of the human body, usually those of the legs, hips and pelvis...
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A type of cerebral palsy in which there is bilateral spasticity, with the lower extremities more severely affected. ... Compare: flaccid paralysis. ... Synonym: Erb-Charcot disease, infantile diplegia, Little's disease, spastic spinal paralysis, tabes spasmodica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a type of cerebral palsy in which there is bilateral spasticity, with the lower limbs more severely affected. Synonyms: Erb-Charcot disease1, infantile diplegia, spastic spinal paralysis
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