DUE TO A DEFECT OR LESION OF THE IMMATURE BRAIN MUTCH (1992)
A GROUP OF NON-PROGRESSIVE, BUT OFTEN
CHANGING, MOTOR IMPAIRMENT SYNDROMES SECONDARY TO LESIONS OR ANOMALIES OF THE BRAIN ARISING IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT CLINICAL SYNDROMES ALTERNATION IN: MUSCLE TONES DEEP TENDON REFLEXES PRIMITIVE REFLEXES POSTURAL REACTIONS THE ESSENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC SIGNS IS A MOTOR DEFICIT EPIDEMIOLOGY
IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CHILDHOOD
DISABILITY 1.5-2 PER 1000 LIVE BIRTHS CAUSE PRENATAL PERIOD PERINATAL PERIOD POSTNATAL PERIOD PRE NATAL PERIOD CONGENITAL MALFORMATION MATERNAL INTRAUTERINE INFECTIONS REPRODUCTIVE INEFFICIENCY TOXIC OR TERATOGENIC AGENTS MATERNAL MENTAL RETARDATIONS MATERNAL SEIZURES MATERNAL HYPERTHYROIDISM PLACENTAL COMPLICATIONS MULTIPLE BIRTHS ABDOMINAL TRAUMA PERI-NATAL PERIOD PREMATURITY < 32 WEEKS BIRTH WEIGHT < 2500 GRAM GROWTH RETARDATION TRAUMA INFECTIONS SEIZURES HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA POST NATAL PERIOD TRAUMA INFECTION INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE COAGULOPATHIES 5 BASIC HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC NEUROPATHOLOGY PARASAGITAL CEREBRAL INJURY PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA (VOLPE) FOCAL AND MULTIFOCAL ISCHEMIC BRAIN NECROSIS STATUS MARMORATUS SELECTIVE NEURONAL NECROSIS CLASSIFICATION OF CP SPASTIC MONOPLEGIA HEMIPLEGIA DIPLEGIA TETRA/QUADRIPLEGIA ATAXIC DYSKINETIC/ATHETOID MIXED EVALUATION THE CP CHILD HISTORY CLINICAL EXAMINATION LABORATORY TEST DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING HISTORY A HISTORY IS A KEY COMPONENT IN EVALUATING THE DISABLED CHILD INFORMATION OBTAINED CAN QUIDE ONE IN UNDERSTANDING CAUSE, DETERMINING UNDERLYING MEDICAL PROBLEMS, DETERMINING FUNCTION, AND DEVELOPING A MEDICAL TREATMENT PLAN PRENATAL HISTORY INFORMATION OF PREGNANCY EXPOSURE OF TOXINS, ALCOHOL, OR DRUGS GESTATIONAL AGE (PREMATURITY) ACUTE MATERNAL ILLNESS PRENATAL CARE FETAL MOVEMENTS TRAUMA OR RADIATION EXPOSURE FAMILY HISTORY FAMILIAL DISEASE PERINATAL HISTORY DELIVERY TYPE AND PRESENTATION OF CHILD BIRTH WEIGHT APGAR SCORES COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY DEVELOPMENTAL MILLESTONES CURRENT GROSS MOTOR FUNCTION CURRENT FINE MOTOR FUNCTION CURRENT LANGUAGE CURRENT SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SKILLS PERSISTENT REFLEXS TONE AND PATTERNS GENERAL INFORMATIONS NUTRITION : FEEDING STYLE, ORAL SKILLS, BW, HW. MEDICATIONS AND ALLERGIES PAST SURGERIES SEIZURES VISUAL DISTURBANCES HEARING DISTURBANCES IMMUNIZATION CLINICAL EXAMINATION MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAMINATION NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAM STATIC AND DYNAMIC EVALUATION STATIC : ISOLATING EACH JOINT, ASSESSING ROM ALONG WITH TONE AND SPASTICITY DYNAMIC : MOVEMENT , FUNCTION AND GAIT NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION TONE ASSESSMENT POSTURAL AND REFLEX ASSESSMENT ASSOCIATED PROBLEM IN CP MENTAL RETARDATION SEIZURES OROMOTOR GASTROINTESTINAL DENTAL VISUAL & HEARING IMPAIRMENT CORTICAL SENSORY DEFICIT PULMONARY PROBLEM THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT CP CHILD OFTEN HAVE MULTISYSTEM INVOLVEMENT. REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT REQUIRES NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL USING A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES AND METHODS. PERIODIC REASSESSMENT AND PROGRAMMATIC UPDATING ARE ESSENTIAL. THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM ARE ANTICIPATORY TREATMENT OF POTENTIAL COMPLICATION AND FOSTERING THE ACQUISITION OF NEW SKILLS THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE FUNCTIONAL TRAINING ORTHOSES AND DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT OF SPASTICITY ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNEMPLOYABLE/UNABLE TO WORK SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT COMPETITIVE UNEMPLOYABLE UNABLE TO WORK IQ LESS THAN 50 REQUIRED ASSISTANCE USING HAND SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT IQ BETWEEN 50 AND79 AMBULATION WITH OR WITHOUT ASSISTIVE DEVICES SPEECH HARD TO UNDERSTAND TO NORMAL HAND USE NORMAL TO REQUIRING ASSISTANCE COMPETITIVE IQ GREATER THAN 80 AMBULATION WITH OR WITHOUT ASSISTIVE DEVICES SPEECH HARD TO UNDERSTAND TO NORMAL HAND USE NORMAL TO REQUIRING ASSISTANCE DEFINITION SIGNIFICANTLY SUBAVERAGE GENERALLY INTELECTUAL FUNCTIONING EXISTING CONCURRENTLY WITH DEFICITS IN ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR AND MANIFESTED DURING THE DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD (American Association of Mental Retardation) MENTAL RETARDATION CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION ENCOMPASS A WIDE RANGE OF PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, BEHAVIORS, AND SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ABILITIES IQ LEVEL 69-55 MILD RETARDATION 54-40 _ MODERATE RETARDATION 39-25 _ SEVERE RETARDATION < 25 _ PROFOUND RETARDATION