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WHAT DO THE WORDS CEREBRAL PALSY ? |
CEREBRAL- BRAIN RELATED PALSY- LACK OF MUSCLE CONTROL |
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WHAT IS CEREBRAL PALSY? |
UNBRELLA-LIKE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A GROUP OF CHRONIC DISORDERS IMPAIRING CONTROL OF MOVMENT
-UNCHANGING CONDITION OF MOVEMENT AND POSTURE, APPEARING EARLY IN LIFE AND DUE TO A NON-PROGRESSIVE LEASION OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN |
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WHAT IS THE UNDERLINING DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL PALSY? |
-DELAY IN MOTOR MILESTONES -PERSISTENCE OF PRINITIVE REFLEXES |
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WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF CEREBRAL PALSY TOPOGRAPHY ? |
-HEMIPLEGIA -DIPLEGIA -QUADRIPLEGIA -CAUSES DIFFICULTY WALKING, SPEECH PROBLEMS, PRIMITIVE REFLEXES ARE STILL PRESENT, MOST HAVE SEIZURES, AND 1/4 HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES
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WHAT IS HEMIPLEGIA? |
AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF THE BODY -MAY WALK WITH A LIMP |
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WHAT IS DIPLEGIA? |
AFFECTS THE BOTTOM HALF (LEGS)
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WHAT IS QUADRIPLEGIA? |
AFFECTS THE ARMS & LEGS |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY? |
-SPASTIC -ATHETOSIS -ATAXIA
BASED ON LOCATION |
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WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH MUSCLE TONE? |
-HYPERTONICITY (TOO MUCH) -HYPOTONICITY (TOO LITTLE) -COMBO OF BOTH |
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WHAT IS SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY? |
ABNORMAL INCREASE OF MUSCLE TONE -VOLUNTEER CONTROL OF MOVEMENTS IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF CO-CONTRACTIONG MUSCLE GROUPS -STIFF AND JERKY MOVEMENTS BECAUSE THEIR MUSCLES ARE TOO TIGHT - HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING OR LETTING GO OF SOMETHING IN THEIR HAND |
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WHAT IS ATAXIA CEREBRAL PALSY? |
ABNORMAL TONE -AFFECTED THE CEREBELLUM -PROBLEMS WITH COORDINATION AND BALANCE -SHAKINESS |
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WHAT IS ATHETOSIS CEREBRAL PALSY? |
-FLUCTUATING MUSCLE TONE (HYPERTONICITY/HYPOTONICITY) -DIFFICULTY HOLDING A STEADY POSITION -BIG INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS -DIFFICULTY HOLDING A GRIP |
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WHAT ARE SOME PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CONCERNS FOR CEREBRAL PALSY? |
-REFLEXES & ABNORMAL POSTURES -LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION -PAST SURGERIES, BRACES, DISLOCATIONS -FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS
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WHAT ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CEREBRAL PALSY? |
-MANAGED, NOT TREATED -ALLEVIATING SYPTOMS CAUSED BY BRAIN DAMAGE -MANAGING MOTOR FUNCTION -ABNORMAL REFLX DEVELOPMENT -PHYSICAL THERAPY -DEVELOP THE TOAL PERSON USING THE COLLABORATION APPROACH |
