الفهرس 
Title : Establish registry of cerebral palsy in Tanta Egypt
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Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) registers appear to be appropriate tools for answering questions regarding the prevalence and characteristics of this common childhood disability. Purpose; This study was conducted to establish data base for CP in Tanta city and its surrounding cities (Kafr Alzayat, Basioon and Elsanta), Algharbeya governorate. Subjects, Materials and methods: Children with CP who are receiving physical therapy services of both genders, from 4months to 16 years old in Tanta and its surrounding cities were involved. The outcome measures were gross motor functional classification system (GMFCS), gross motor functional measurement (GMFM), manual ability classification system (MACS) and viking speech Scale. Results: Within the study population (224 children), 79.9% are spastic type, 9.8% are dyskinetic, 5.8% are ataxic and 4.4% are hypotonic. Percentage based on GMFCS were; 12.9% for level I, 13.8% for level II, 29% for level III, 20.9% for level IV, and 23.2% for level V. According to MACS levels (I,II,III,IV and V) were23.4%,9.3%,20.3%,45.3% and 1.5% respectively and Viking levels I,II,III, and IV were 20.3%,22.9%,35.1%,21.6% respectively Conclusion: Incidence of spastic type of CP is the major while hypotonic is the least prevalence