Cerebral Palsy

Question 1

is a group of nonprogressive disorders of upper motor neuron impairment that result in motor dysfunction

Answer 1

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Question 2

is the most common motor disability of childhood

Answer 2

Cerebral Palsy

Question 3

Cerebral Palsy is caused by

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abnormal brain development or damage to the developing brain, leading to cell destruction of the motor tracts

Question 4

Four main types of Cerebral Palsy:

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*pyramidal or spastic type
*extrapyramidal type (dyskinetic or athetoid type)
*ataxic
*mixed

Question 5

is excessive tone in the voluntary muscles that results from lose of upper motor neurons.

Answer 5

Spastic type or spasticity

Question 6

A child with spastic CP has

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*hypertonic muscles
*abnormal clonus
*positive babinski reflex
*tonic neck reflex

Question 7

If infants with CP are held in a ventral suspension position

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they arch their backs and extend their arms and legs abnormally

Question 8

Spastic involvement may have:

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*hemiplegia
*quadriplegia
*diplegia or paraplegia

Question 9

may affect both extremities on one side, what is it called?

Answer 9

Hemiplegia

Question 10

may affect all four extremities, what is it called?

Answer 10

quadriplegia

Question 11

may affect primarily the lower extremities

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Diplegia or paraplegia

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Athetoid means

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“wormlike”

Question 13

The athetoid type of CP involves

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abnormal involuntary movement

Question 14

the early life of athetoid type of CP, the child appears

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limp and flaccid

Question 15

Have an awkward wide-based gait

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Ataxic type

Question 16

On neurologic examination, ataxic types are unable to perform what?

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*finger-to-nose test
*rapid, repetitive movements (tests of cerebellar function)

Question 17

Some children show symptoms of both spasticity and athetoid or ataxic and athetoid movements

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Mixed type

Question 18

Parents may not learn their child has CP until

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2 to 4 years late

Question 19

Most children with hemiplegia have difficulty identifying objects placed in their hands

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Astereognosis

Question 20

Infant with CP when held in a ventral suspensions position, if lowered suddenly tends to assume what position?

Answer 20

“scissors gait”