Cerebral Palsy - Ferril Flashcards
cerebral palsy
abnormal motor activity and posture
non-progressive
perinatal asyphyxia, complication prematurity, perinatal infection, kernicterus
forms of CP
spatstic - pyrimidal - MC non-spastic - extra-pyramidal atonic cerebellar ataxic combined
athetosis, chorea, dyskinesias
non-spastic CP
persistent generalized hypotonia
atonic CP
manifest when posture challenged
cerebellar CP
CP diagnosis
of exclusion
early sign - resistance to passive motion - especially flexion
slow motor development, abnormal muscle tone, unusual posture
diagnose CP time
not before age 2
work up for CP
CT, MRI, US
OMT with cerebral palsy
address muscle tone
and proprioceptive input affecting motor output
muscle tone - function affects structure
proprioception - structure affects function
goals of OMT in CP
cannot fix problem
-decrease pain - chronic muscle spasm
affect changes in proprioceptive input - limit/prevent contraction
wheelchair bound CP
hip dislocation - hip contractures
hypertonic
stiff limb - spatic CP
hypotonic
floppy limb - non-spastic CP
pyramidal
spastic
exrtrapyramidal
non-spastic
pyramidal tracts
nerve fibers - voluntary movements - cortex to BS
extramyramidal areas
basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebellum
spastic
jerky/awkward movements
often arms and legs