Prevention strategies have been developed for the different risk factors of the specific cerebral palsy subtypes. Primary prevention consists of reducing the possible risk factors. However, when multiple risk factors cluster together, prevention is much more difficult. Secondary preventions may be more appropriate at that time, e.g. prevention of prematurity. Studies showed a reduced risk of cerebral palsy when administering magnesium sulfate to women at risk of preterm delivery. Cooling or therapeutic hypothermia for 72 hours immediately after birth has a significant clinical effect on reducing mortality and severity of neurodevelopmental disabilities in neonates with birth asphyxia. This has been documented for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
Dyskinetic cerebral palsy
Ataxic cerebral palsy
Athetoid cerebral palsy
Spastic cerebral palsy
Infantile progressive bulbar palsy
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
Klumpke paralysis
Babinski–Nageotte syndrome