Birth Weight and Cerebral Palsy

Below are several research papers and studies which focus on the part that birth weight plays in the development of cerebral palsy.

The chances for both cerebral palsy and/or perinatal death are increased in babies whose birthweight is lower than normal for their gestational age. Unfortunately, the same can be said for babies whose weight is too high for their gestational age.

Most of the research linked to below explores the relationship between low birth weight and cerebral palsy, since this is more common than high weight births.

• Outcome of extremely-low-birth-weight infants at highest risk: gestational age < or =24 weeks, birth weight < or =750 g, and 1-minute Apgar < or =3.
• Neuromorbidity in preterm twins in relation to chorionicity and discordant birth weight.
• Extremely low birth weight and body size in early adulthood.
• Impact of motor skills on cognitive test results in very-low-birthweight children.
• The effect of neonatal maternal milk feeding on the neurodevelopmental outcome of very low birth weight infants.
• Apnea is associated with neurodevelopmental impairment in very low birth weight infants.
• Neurodevelopmental and growth impairment among extremely low-birth-weight infants with neonatal infection.
• Cerebral Palsy site with birth weight information.
• Popliteal angle of low birth weight infants during the first year of life.
• Neurodevelopmental outcome and growth at 18 to 22 months' corrected age in extremely low birth weight infants treated with early erythropoietin and iron.
• Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging before discharge is better than serial cranial ultrasound in predicting cerebral palsy in very low birth weight preterm infants.
• Bias in reported neurodevelopmental outcomes among extremely low birth weight survivors.
• Center differences and outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants.