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The term cerebral palsy in English, paralisi cerebrale infantile in Italian, infirmité motrice cérébrale in French, paralisis cerebral in Spanish and Zerebral Bewegung Störung in German de fines a “persistent but not unchangeable disorder of posture and motion, due to an organic and not progressive alteration of the cerebral function, determined by preperi- and post natal causes, before its growth and development are completed” (Bax, 1964; Spastic Society Berlin, 1966, Edinburgh, 1969).
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Ferrari, A., Alboresi, S. (2010). Guide to the Interpretation of Cerebral Palsy. In: The Spastic Forms of Cerebral Palsy. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1478-7_2
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