Description of the population regarding birth history and CP
profile
A complicated birth history was more common among the infants referred
from the neonatologist (mean: 5.6 risk factors) compared to those
referred from the neuropediatrician (mean: 1.6) and the CHS (mean: 0.3)
(Table 1). Regardless of medical history, most children had a high
functional level at 2 years of age, where 28 (73.7%) were ambulatory
with or without assistant (Table 1). Across groups, 15 children (39.5%)
were classified at GMFCS Level I (Table 1). The children classified as
non-ambulatory according to GMFCS (n=10) were evenly distributed from
gestational week 28 to term (Table 3), all of which had ≥1 known risk
factors for CP and 70% had ≥3 (Table 1). However, children with ≥3 risk
factors were distributed across all GMFCS levels (Table 3). Of the
infants referred from the CHS, all, except one, had a functional Level I
or II according to GMFCS (n=8) (Table 1). The most common types
of CP were unilateral (n=16) and bilateral (n=17) spastic CP (Table 1).