Treatment Flashcards
Co-existing problems with flaccid paralysis
- can have cognitive problems
- obesity
- pressure injuries
- fractures
- speech and swallow
- bladder and bowel disturbances
Co-existing problems with hypotonia
- can have cognitive
- respiration difficulty
- poor cardiac health
- strabismus
- pain from joint instability
- hypermobility
- GIT problems (low tone in sphincters)
- swallow and speech
Co-existing problems with Rett’s syndrome
- mental functions (seizures, sleep apnoea)
- sensory function and pain (hand-mouthing)
- skin rashes (from hand-mouthing)
Co-existing problems with fluctuating tone
- lower IQ associated with brain injury
- epilepsy
- pain
- anxiety and mood
- respiratory (especially if born pre-term)
- speech and swallow
Co-existing problems with hypertonia
- may have decrease IQ
- epilepsy
- pain
- contracture
- respiratory
- speech and swallow
- non-ambulant
- hip displacement (grade 4 and 5)
- non-verbal
- behaviour disorder
- bladder incontinence
- sleep disorder
- vision and hearing problems
Criteria for Autism
- social disturbances (eye-contact, facial expressions, gestures, sharing)
- Language communication (mute, delayed, refuse, repetitive, lack of imaginative speech)
- Behavioural (restricted patterns of movement, preoccupied, abnormal focus of intensity of focus, inflexible to routine changes)
3 Groups of Autism
Aloof
- mute
- cut off socially
- mod-sever intellectual impairment
- repetitive and restrictive behaviour
Passive
- more social (have a happy place)
- better language - but still repeat
- mild-mod intellectual impairment
- less marked behavioural issues
Active but odd
- social
- communication is good but often one sides
- behaviour - have weird interests, may be aggressive, don’t consider other people’s feelings.
4 groups of sensory threshold people
High threshold
- sensory seekers
- low registration
Low threshold
- sensation sensitivity
- sensory avoiders
Signs of a sensory seeker
- loud music
- like bright colours
- like to taste everything
- touches everything and likes tight hugs
- smells everything
signs of sensory avoider
- covers ears when things are loud
- don’t like touching things (clothes, messy room)
- complains of smells
- picky eater
BS&F issues in autism (seekers and avoiders)
- postural control (incorrect weighting of sensory information)
- sensory processing issues cause difficulty with modulation, timing and safety
- sensory hypersensitivity can induce infant patterns
WATCH principles for low registration group
- make them aware of danger
- increase activity for health and fitness
- challenge their postural control
- get them involved (they’re passive)
- work on social skills
- get more input into sensory system
WATCH principles for sensory seekers
- have a very safe environment
- settle them
- channel movement into functional activity
- slow down and control movements to challenge postural control
- control the use of sensory info
WATCH principles for sensation sensitivity
- have non-confronting environment
- allow child to pace themselves in activities
- reduce hypervigilance to allow reweighting of sensory information to have better PC
- increase awareness of prop and decrease reliance on vision
- self initiated exploration
WATCH principles for sensory avoider
- non-confronting environment
- may need desensitisation program
- gently increase motion and variety of senses
What are the 5 levels of GMFCS
- walks without limitations (stairs)
- walks with limitations (needs rail up stairs)
- walks using hand-held mobility device
- may walk for short periods at home but mainly in wheelchair, have head control
- wheelchair all the time, trouble with head and trunk control
5 levels of Manual ability classification scale
- handles objects easily and successfully
- handles most objects but with reduced quality and speed
- handles objects with difficulty, needs help to prepare and modify activities
- handles a limited selection of easily managed objects in adapted situation
- doesn’t handle objects and severely limited ability to perform simple actions
Functional communication classification system (FCCS)
- independently and easily communicated with most people in most settings
- independently and easily communicates with familiar people, some difficulty with uncertain people and places
- independent with familiar people and places, needs help with unfamiliar
- can communicate daily routine and needs with familiar people, but needs help with everything else
- rarely communicates well with anyone
Risk factors for spina bifida
- genetic
- environmental (maternal diabetes/obesity, anti-epileptics, fever early in pregnancy)
- nutritional - decreased folic acid intake
Development of spinal cord
- notochord (day 18)
- neural plate
- neural groove and folds (day 20)
- neural folds fuse (day 22-23)
- neural tube (day 23)
distal end of neural tube formed by 28-48 days
Causes of neurological deterioration in Spina Bifida
- SC impairment
- tethered SC
- syringomyelia
- Arnold-Chiari malformation
- hydrocephalus (VP shunt malfunction)
Level of lesion in spina bifida outcome (muscles that work)
L2- hip flexors and adductors L3- knee extension L4 - knee flexors, dorsiflexors and invertors L5 - hip abductors S1- hip extension and weak PF S2 - strong hip extension and PF S3 - foot intrinsics
Signs of tethered cord syndrome
- decrease strength
- changes in gait/function
- scoliosis
- back/LL pain
- spasticity
- change in sensation
- change in urinary
Signs of Arnold-Chiari Malformation (infants and child)
Infants
- snoring
- chewing and swallowing changes
- stridor
- recurrent aspirations
- apnoea and cyanosis
- sweating and skin discolourations
- nystagmus
- tonal changes
Child
- sleep changes
- nystagmus
- headache
- neck pain and stiffness
- weakness
- spasticity
- balance problems
- decrease sensation
- UL dysfunction/ataxia
- change in urinary system
Management of Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- monitor VP shunt
- posterior fossa decompression
Signs of hydrocephalus (infant and child)
Infant
- tensing/bulging fontanelle
- increased head circumference
- sunset eyes
- irritable
- poor feeding/vomitting
- drowsy
- swelling along shunt line
- separation of suture lines
- prominent scalp veins
- papilloedema
- seizures
- asymmetrical postures
child
- irritable
- change in personality
- seizures
- headache, nausea, vomitting
- swelling along shunt
- decreased coordination and balance
- decrease school performance
- pain at site
- blurred vision and pappiloedema
Causes of delayed gross motor function in Spina Bifida
- hypotonia
- slow development of automatic postural responses
- delayed independent sitting
- delayed head control and equilibrium
- poor hip stability and crawling
causes of delayed fine motor function in spina bifida
- weak grip strength
- abnormal hand position sense and proprioception
- difficulty with usual motor integration
- poor motor quality
- poor coordination
other associated problems with Spina Bifida
- memory
- motivation and initiation
- understanding consequences of actions
- comprehension
- problem solving
Spina bifida functional mobility scale (6 levels)
- wheelchair
- walker of frame
- crutches
- sticks.
- independent on level surfaces
- independent on all surfaces
What to consider when parent asks if child willl walk? (Spina bifida)
- benefits vs costs of ambulation
- factors influencing ambulatory outcome
- Factors influencing decline in ambulation
- walking will be delayed
- preparing child for ambulation
Benefits vs Costs of ambulation in Spina Bifida
Benefits
- independence
- reduce risk of fractures
- reduce risk of pressure injuries
- increase bladder and bowel function
- increase cardiovascular fitness
- reduce risk of lower limb contractures
- increase spatial organisatin
- improve psychosocial development
Costs
- cost of orthoses, Orthopaedic surgery and therapy
- time and resource commitment
- energy cost
difficulty maintaining ambulation into teen years
Factors influencing ambulation (Spina bifida)
- level of lesion
- quads strength
- parental compliance
- early ambulation
- access to physio and orthotics
- motor milestone achievement
- level of ambulation at 5 years old
- cognition
Factors relating to ambulation decline (spina bifida)
- neurological deterioration
- energy cost
- slow speed
- spasticity
- increase body weight
- skin breakdown
- orthotic limitation
- toileting issues
- immobilisation after surgery
- motication
- pain
- scoliosis surgery
- fracture
How to prepare for ambulation (spina bifida)
- proximal stability
- postural reactions
- UL coordination and strength
- motor planning
- increase strength of lower limb
Other health concerns in Spina bifida
- pressure injuries
- obesity
- risk of fracture
- shoulder pain
- latex sensitivity
Stages of pressure injuries
- red/discoloured skin - monitor and stay off it
- epidermis/dermis loss - blister, clean and monitor - stay off it
- full dermis and subcutaneous tissue - stay off, debridgement, professional advice and graded seating program
- full dermis and muscle +/or bone - same as 3 management
Argenta classification of Plagiocephaly
- flat spot
- ear shift
- forehead deformity
- cheek, face and jaw deformity
- vertical and temporal deformity - fontanelle
Risk factors for Plagiocephaly
- intra-uterine constraints
- multiples
- first born or premature
- long supine sleeps
- poor neuro-sensory-motor functioning
- lack of sidelye/prone when awake
- low activity level
Cranial index
lateral diameter / AP diameter
>80% = brachycephalic
75-80% = normal
<75% = scaphocephalic
Modified cranial vault index (which direction is positive and which direction is negative)
(L-R) / shorter x 100 = %
more than 3.5% = asymmetrical
positive = right PP
negative = left PP
Ways to measure Plagiocephaly
- measuring tape
- flexicurve
- digital imaging
What is active head righting Ax
- Right body on head (L SCM)
- Left body on head (R SCM)
- Right body on head reverse (L SCM)
- Left body on head reverse (R SCM)
- right head on body (R SCM)
- Left head on body (L SCM)
Management of plagiocephaly
A - active baby - position in different play positiong and encourage active head movement
B - balanced handling - carry on both sides and promote passive head repositioning
C- corrective strategies - reposition head to unfavoured side when sleeping and encourage them to turn to both sides when playing
When are helmets successful in plagiocephaly?
- used early (4-5m)
- room to grow
- 23 hours / day
- used with therapy
Torticollis assessment
- active head righting assessment
- PROM
DDx - structural deformity (Klippel feil, Sprengel’s shoulder), sensory abnormality, inflammatory or traumatic condition
Associated conditions with torticollis
- positional plagiocephaly
- facial/mandible deformities
- hip dislocation
- metatarsus adductus
- talipus equinus varus
Management of torticollis
- parent education (facilitate AROM to end range, position to encourage movement into limited ROM, carrying to lengthen contractures, stretches)
W- 10 in the bed and the little one said rollover
A - looking to toy (carried)
T- head movements in functional position for their age
C - teach carrying positions
Hypotonia wheel - 4 cornerstones
- identify activity and participation goals
- assess environmental facilitators and barriers
- include parents and caregivers
- ensure child is actively involved and positively engages
Criteria for DCD
- ADLs that require motor coordination delayed for age and cognition level
- disturbance significantly interferes with academic achievement or ADLs
- disturbance not related to medical condition
- if mental retardation is present, the motor coordination is worse than expected
Concomitant conditions with DCD
- ADHD
- OCD
- Depression
- anxiety
- autism
- concentration problems
- tourettes
- learning problems
- speech problems
Ax findings for DCD
- low tone
- infant patterns when fatigued
- ocular-motor control difficulties
- poor timing
- poor proprioception
- poor FM and GM
- poor postural control
- poor tactile
- poor vestibular
- poor motor planning
- immature strategies
- gait (toe walking, heavy flat feet)
- poor activation and recruitment of muscles
Viking Speech scale (4 item scale)
- speech isn’t affected
- imprecise speech but unfamiliar can understand
- unclear speech, unfamiliar can’t understand
- no understandable speech
Risk factors for early brain injury
- Maternal (thyroid, pre-eclampsia, bleeds, infection, intrauterine growth restriction, placental abnormalities, multiples
- born premature
- encephalopathy
Signs and symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Gower’s sign
- muscle weakness and atrophy
- hyperlordosis
- pseudohypertrophy of calves
- scoliosis
- poor postural control
- awkward gait
- difficulty with synergistic patterns
- fatigue
- pneumonia
- breathing difficulties
Management of Duchenne
- steroids to reduce muscle loss
- medication for heart function
- stretching
- position to avoid contractures
- splinting and orthoses
- encourage activity
- maintain strength and flexibility
4 types of Spinal muscular atrophy
- Werdnig-Hoffman disease (die before 2)
- Dubowitz disease (dies after 2, can sit independently)
- Kugelberg-Welander disease - dies as adult, can walk short distances
- adulthood - walks normally
Management of spinal muscular atrophy
- long term palliative
- orthopaedic/musculoskeletal
- respiratory
- equipment prescription
- mobility
Ossification of foot
- hindfoot - calcaneus - 23 weeks gest
- talus - 28 weeks gest - midfoot - cuboid - 6-7 months
- navicular 9 months -5 years
- cuneiforms - 3 months to 2.5 years - phalanges - birth
Position of foot in congenital talipus equinus varus
- plantarflexion of talocrural joint
- adducted and inverted subtalar and midtarsal
- navicular tuberosity close to medial malleolus
- metatarsals are adducted
Bony detail
- decreased talo crural angle
- moderate stacking of metatarsals
- varus hindfoot and forefoot
Management of postural TEV
- stimulate muscles that will correct position
- try and correct passively
- check other packaging issues
- AROM into DF and eversion
- taping
- no chance of relapse