Week 2 Flashcards
What are the principles of pediatric PT?
- Development
- Child, family, & caregiver perspectives
- Medical vs. developmental/educational services
- Strengths based
- Top-down approach
- Participation & routines
- WHO-ICF
In the 1st couple of months after birth, the brain has a rapid increase in the development of sensory pathways. Which sensory pathways are specifically developed?
- Vision
* Hearing
At what age can a baby recognize words, their name, and the language pathways begin to lay down?
Between 6-9 months
How much brain growth has occurred by age 5?
Approx 90% of brain growth has occurred
What happens to the brain in the 1st year of life?
The brain doubles in size
What happens to the brain by age 3?
It triples in size
When does most skeletal muscle develop?
Most skeletal muscles has developed at birth
What happens to the muscles during growing years?
Muscle fibers increase in length & cross-sectional area by the addition of sarcomeres.
In what state are diaphyses and epiphyses at birth?
Diaphyses are almost ossified at birth,
epiphyses are cartilaginous
Where does the growth of long bones occur and when do they become ossified?
Long bones grow at the epiphyseal plate and become
ossified when bone growth is complete (usually by age 20).
When is the skeleton most vulnerable to deformity?
In the first years of
life
True or False
Bone increases in size before
it increases in strength
True.
Bone increases in size before
it increases in strength
What is the composition of the LE skeletal bones in infancy?
- Shallow acetabulum
- Femoral anteversion
- Genu varus
- Flat feet
What is the skeletal adaptation progression in the LE of a person?
- Newborn: moderate genu valgum
- 6 months: minimal genu varum
- 1-2 years: legs straight
- 2-4 years: physiologic genu valgum
- 16 year old female: slight genu valgum
- 16 year old male: slight genu varum
Who regulates medical PT services?
Regulated by health care
law & insurance policies
Who regulates educational PT services?
Regulated by education
law (IDEA)
Why is therapy provided for a child in a medical PT service?
Therapy provided to assist the
child to be as functionally
independent as possible
Why is therapy provided for a child in a educational PT service?
Therapy is provided to assist a
child to benefit from special
education
What is the eligibility criteria for receiving medical PT services for a child?
Any child may receive services
What is the eligibility criteria for receiving educational PT services for a child?
Children must have an
educational disability &
demonstrate a need
What is the best approach to treating a pediatric patient?
Top- down approach
What are the steps highlighted in the top- down approach?
- Desired outcome (goals) –>
- Identification of strength/obstacles –>
- Strategies to bypass obstacles/ to improve performance –>
- Intervention plan and strategies –>
- Assessment
What are the steps highlighted in the the Physical Therapy Clinical Reasoning and Reflection Tool (PT-CRT)?
- Getting the information to figure out the primary deficits and goals
- Generating hypotheses to figure out why the child isn’t achieving the goals
- Selecting test and measures to test the hypothesis to figure out what is needed to achieve the goals
- Use the ICF framework to evaluate the exam findings
- Determine POC
- Interventions
- Re-assessment
- Outcomes: discharge
What are standardized testing used for?
- Determine eligibility (discriminative or norm-referenced test)
- Measure progress (evaluative or criterion-referenced test)
What are the characteristics of a norm-referenced test?
• Determine eligibility • Standardized on groups of "normal" children • Compares child to others • Provide a "snapshot of a specific time." Shouldn't be used to track change over time or for program planning.
What are the characteristics of a criterion-referenced test?
• Measure progress • Evaluates individual performance in relation to a fixed standard • Compares child to himself • May be used for program planning or to track change over time