Children with ataxic cerebral palsy often have balance issues, shaky movements of hands or feet and speech problems.
Cerebral palsy refers to chronic posture or movement disorders and actually involves four categories-spastic, ataxic, athetoid/dyskinetic, and mixed.
Amantadine may provide some limited improvement in ataxic symptoms, but is not recommended in children with cardiac abnormalities.
Ataxic refers to disturbances in coordination of voluntary movements; it includes mixed forms of CP, with mixed characteristics and symptoms.