A child is admitted to the hospital with spastic cerebral palsy. The nurse will assess for whichmanifestations associated with this disorder?

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Spastic cerebral palsy, the most common type of cerebral palsy, will manifest with hypertonicity and increased deep tendon reflexes. The childs muscles are very tight and any stimuli may cause a sudden jerking movement. Tremulous movements are characteristic of rigid/tremor/atonic cerebral palsy. Slow, writhing, uncontrolled, involuntary movements occur with athetoid or dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Clumsy movements and loss of coordination, equilibrium, and kinesthetic sense occur in ataxic cerebral palsy.

A Child Is Admitted to the Hospital with Spastic Cerebral