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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