Cerebral Palsy Flashcards

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Primary impairments

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Result of a lesion in the cerebral cortex of CNS
Prenatal, perinatal, or within the first 2 years
Not hereditary, progressive, or contagious

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Disorder of movement

Impairs fms, gms, language and communication skills, and overall adaptive functioning

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Cerebral palsy

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Secondary impairments

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Abnormal muscle tone
Muscle imbalance across joints
Muscle contractures 
Muscle weakness
Poor body alignment
Impaired initiation of movement
Repetition of atypical movement patterns 
Impaired co-activation
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Abnormal muscle tone

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Hypotonia- decreased muscle tone
Hypertonia- increased muscle tone
Fluctuating muscle tone- between hypo and hyper

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Involvement of extremities

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Monoplegia: one extremity
Hemiplegia: half of body (one side)
Diplegia: upper or lower half
Quadriplegia: all extremities
Tetraplegia: all extremities including neck
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Types of movement disorders

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Spastic
Athetoid
Ataxic
Mixed

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Spastic

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Hypertonic and spasticity

Difficulty with initiation of movement

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Athetoid

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Fluctuation of muscle tone from low to normal
Little to no spasticity
Poor co-activation

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Ataxic

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Clumsy
Decreased balance and coordination
Decreased equilibrium reactions
Shaky movements

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Mixed

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High and low tone
Hypertonic movement in extremities
Hypotonic flexor muscles in neck and trunk

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