L3 Torticollis Flashcards
Family Centered Services and Intervention
- based on family preiorities and needs
- strengths-based
- collaborative
- families involved in decision-making
- PT should be ready to work with family even if/when differing ideas about what is best for child
Content of individualized family service plan
- Statment of infant’s or toddler’s present levels of physical development, cognitive development, communication, social/emtoional, and adaptive involvement
- Family’s resources, priorities, concerns
- Measurable results or outcomes expected to be achieved for the infant or toddler
- Specific early intervention services based on peer reviewed research
- Natural environments in which early intervention services will appropriately be provided, including justification
- Dates for initiation of services and anticipated length, duration, frequency
- Identification of service coordinator
- Support of transition of toddler with disability to preschool or other services
Service coordinator
case manager or service provider that monitors and matches family’s needs
EI Implementation in Natural Environments
settings that are natural or typical for a same-aged infant or toddler without a disability
child acts differently in environments that they are comfortable with
helps to appropriately gauge family resources
PTs may gain most reliable asssessment in these environments
Activity Based Instruction
also known as routines based instruction
should be child directed, activity focused, functional, and include timely feedback
Purposes of early intervention
- minimize developmental delay
- reduce educational costs
- maximize independence of child
- enhance capabilities of family to meet needs of child
- enhance capacity of state to to meet needs of children
ADA
ensured full civil rights to individuals with disabilities. guarantee equal opportunity in employment, public and private accomodataions, transportation, government services, telecommunications
Congenital Muscular Torticollis
asymmetrical cervical posture and positioning. Contracture of the SCM
unclear etiology, potentially intrauterine and perinatal compartment influence
prevalence has increased due to back sleeping to avoid SIDs
Types of Torticollis
Postural
Muscular
SCM Mass
Postural Tort
postural preference, no ROM impairments
Muscular Tort
tightness of SCM, passive ROM impairments
SCM Mass type
SCM fibrosis, ROM impairments
Typical presentation of CMT
- ipsilateral lateral flexion and contralateral rotation, head tilted toward involved side and chin rotated to opposite side
- limited ROM in lateral flexion toward uninvolved side
- limited ROM in rotation toward involved side
- skewed vertical and midline orientation
- participation and activity limitations
Differential Diagnosis for CMT
- neurological conditions like brachial plexus injuries
- developmental dysplasia of hip
- GERD
- eye weakness or disease impairments
- sandifer syndrome (acid reflux)
Treatment for CMT
- Early referral to PT (helps to decrease length of care, muscle thickeness, and improves QOL)
- Initiate within 3-4 months of age
- Strategies include PROM, ARM, environmental adaptations, education
How many children require surgical intervention?
5%