Which finding should cause the nurse to suspect a diagnosis of spastic cerebral palsy?

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Spastic cerebral palsy,the most common type of cerebral palsy,will manifest with persistent primitive reflexes,positive Babinski reflex,ankle clonus,exaggerated stretch reflexes,and eventual development of contractures.The child's 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,loss of coordination,equilibrium,and kinesthetic sense occur in ataxic cerebral palsy.

Which Finding Should Cause the Nurse to Suspect a Diagnosis