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Table 1 Motor impairment

From: Childbirth and motherhood in women with motor disability due to a rare condition: an exploratory study

Case number Type of impairment Movement disorders Disease Pathophysiology Transmission Risk for offspring
Bilateral upper and lower limbs
1 Tetraparesis No Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy Genetic Autosomal recessive Low
2 Tetraparesis Yes Type 2 spinal muscular atrophy Genetic Autosomal recessive Low
3 Tetraparesis Yes Mitochondrial disorder Genetic Mitochondrial Uncertain
4 Tetraparesis Yes Charcot Marie Tooth disease Genetic Autosomal recessive Low
5 Tetraparesis No Autosomal dominant Myopathy Genetic Autosomal dominant High
6 Tetraparesis Yes Cervical Hemangioma, C2-C3 Stroke Not applicable N/A
7 Bone/joints disorders No Juvenile chronic arthritis Inflammatory Not applicable N/A
8 Bone/joints disorders No Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Genetic Autosomal dominant High
9 Bone/joints disorders No Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Genetic Autosomal dominant High
10 Ectrodactyly No Ectrodactyly of left upper limb, agenesis of right lower limb and left upper limb Genetic Possibly autosomal dominant Uncertain
Unilateral
11 Congenital Hemiplegia Yes Cerebral palsy Birth asphyxia Not applicable N/A
12 Congenital Hemiplegia Yes Brain malformation Malformation Not applicable N/A
13 Hemiparesis Yes Left hemiparesis Stroke Not applicable N/A
14 Upper limb paresis No Brachial plexus birth injury Birth injury Not applicable N/A
15 Upper limb paralysis Yes Brachial plexus birth injury Birth injury Not applicable N/A
16 Amputation No Congenital agenesis of a forearm Malformation Not applicable N/A
17 Amputation No Traumatic amputation of an arm Trauma Not applicable N/A
Bilateral lower limbs
18 Paraparesis Yes Friedreich’s ataxia Genetic Autosomal recessive Low
19 Paraparesis Yes Spinocerebellar ataxia Genetic Autosomal dominant High
20 Paraparesis No Autoimmune myopathy inflammatory Not applicable Low
21 Brown-Sequard syndrome No Spinal astrocytoma Tumor Not applicable Low
Movement disorder
22 Distal tremor yes Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency Genetic Autosomal recessive Low
  1. N/A not applicable
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172

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