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Cerebral Palsy

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Cerebral Palsy   non-progressive damage to the CNS during prenatal, birth or postnatal periods  
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What is involved in CP   wide variety of motor & cognitive dysfunction depending on the extent of involvement  
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What is the tone like in CP   initially hypotonic w/decreased head & trunk control (DON'T confuse increased tone w/strength)  
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When are children referred to therapy   12 months of age due to missed milestones  
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What does the PT determine for CP   abnormal motor patterns to inhibit & normal patterns that should be facilitated/practiced  
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What pattern of movement due children usually develop for compensatory   extensor tone to achieve movement & sustain positions  
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What do abnormal movement patterns over time create   deformities of the soft tissue  
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Soft tissue deformities result in   bony changes, skeletal deformities & dislocations  
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When should intense treatment be started   as early as 4-6 months of age or earlier if identified with delays out of the NICU  
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What therapies should be involved   both school/early intervention & medical based  
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What does CNS have   plasticity to change movement patterns  
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What are types of CP (named by motor impairment)   hypotonicity, hypertonicity, fluctuating  
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What is CP hypertonicity   spastic-most common type, indicates a fixed lesion in the motor portion of the cerebral cortex & Rigidity-severe decerebrate lesion  
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What is CP fluctuating   moving all the time (athetosis/athetoid-involvement w/basal ganglia & diff w/midline movements) & Ataxia/ataxic-cerebellar lesion (diff w/distal movements, balance & coordination) Wide BOS  
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Types of CP (classified by body involvement)   monoplegia, diplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegia, quadriplegia  
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Monoplegia   involvement of only one extremity  
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diplegia   BLE involvement w/mild UE involvement (most common presentation)  
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paraplegia   only BLE involvement  
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Hemiplegia   UE & LE involvement on same side  
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Quadriplegia   equal involvement of BUE's & BLE's  
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Types of CP (classified by degree of severity)   Gross Motor Function Classification System (level I, II, III, IV, V)  
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Physiologic Differences w/CP   Decreased: size of muscle fibers, number of motor units, firing frequency, changes in recruitment order of motor units  
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Ricks Factors for Developing CP   Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH), Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL), Encephalopothy (hypoxia/anoxia) & Malformation of the CNS  
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Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)   bleeding into germinal lateral ventricles, increasing severity grade I-IV & increased risk for CO w/greater severity of bleed  
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Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)   softening/death of the white matter, affects descending motor tracts, cystic type=more likely to have UE?LE spasticity  
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Encephalophy (hypoxia/anoxia)   brain infection or swelling  
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Medical Treatments   muscle relaxants, botox, selective dorsal rhizotomy & baclofen pump  
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Muscle relaxants (oral)   diazepam, dantrium, baclofen  
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Botox   injection into the dominant spastic muscle to cause temporary paralysis (lasts 3-6 months)  
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Selective Dorsal Rhizaotomy   invasive surgery, cut sensory roots (gallbladder area)  
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Baclofen pump   continuous intrathecal (under the skin) infusion directly into the spinal cord (most commonly used)  
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CP Assessment/Treatment   Postural control & tone, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, gross motor skills/functional mobility & orthotics/equipment  
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