Cerebral Palsy Flashcards
What are some contributing factors to in utero induced CP?
- placental infarction or emboli
- placental rupture
- maternal injury/infection
- cerebral malformation
What are some contributing factors to delivery induced CP?
- forceps delivery
- breech birth
- prolonged delivery
- umbilical chord around neck
Infection, trauma, respiratory underdevelopment are contributing factors of __________ induced CP.
Post partum.
List the types of CP:
- spastic
- athetoid
- ataxic
- choreiform
- flaccidity
- mixed
What is the most common type of CP?
Spastic.
80% cases.
- stress, pain, fear n anxiety increase spasticity
- limb rigidity possible.
How does athetoid CP present itself?
- uncontrolled movement (slow n writhing)
- mvts increase with voluntary motion n cease with sleep.
What is the least common type of CP?
Ataxic.
Poor coordination (clumsy, grimacing mvt) Possible intention tremor
Quick, uncontrolled purposeless mvt that continues through sleep describes which type of CP?
Choreiform
Which type is usually only present for the first 1-2years of CP onset and then progresses to spastic?
Flaccidity.
Mixed type CP is a combination of choreiform and athetoid.
True or false?
False.
Spastic and athetoid.
What areas of the body are most affected with CP?
- monoplegia (1arm or leg)
- diplegia (both legs most common)
- triplegia (3limbs)
- quadriplegia
- hemiplegia (ipsilateral limbs)
- vision
- hearing
- cerebral development
What are some symptoms one may see in patients with CP?
- spasticity
- contracture
- postural changes such as scoliosis
- respiratory or organ dysfunctions
- cerebral, hearing or speech impairment
- boney changes (OA, OP)
Etc
What physiotherapy type activities are most beneficial for patients with CP?
- swimming
- horseback riding
- speech therapy
Active resisted testing is very useful with CP patients.
True or false?
False,
AF and PR ROM are only useful ones coupled with sensory testing.
Cerebral palsy is defined as:
Non progressive motor condition that causes physical disability in human development. (Umbrella term)
-occurs in utero or up to 3years of age
-caused by hypoxia to brain
(Intrauterine trauma, development or post birth complications)
