The correct answer is:
The child does not have severe encephalopathy because she is walking at age 27 months. At least the motor effects (cerebral palsy) must be relatively mild and the bone changes in CP are directly related to the severity of the motor disability and almost always occurs only in none ambulatory children in middle childhood or adolescence.
Go to Next Question Module, Go to Case Presentation Home Page, Orthopaedic Department Home Page.