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Week 4 - Paeds Cerebral Palsy Flashcards

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What is cerebral palsy?

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A physical disability that affects movement and posture.

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When does CP appear?

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Early infancy or childhood

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What is the definition of CP?

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CP is an umbrella term for a group of disorders. It is permanent but not unchanging and involves a disorder of movement and/or posture and of motor function.

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What causes CP?

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CP is due to a non-progressive interference, lesion or abnormality, where the interference, lesion or abnormality originates in the immature brain.

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True or false, CP is the most common physical disability in childhood?

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True

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How many people live with CP in Australia?

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34000

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How is CP classified?

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  1. The way it affects people’s movement
  2. The part of the body affected
  3. How severe the affects are
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What is Quadriplegic CP?

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All 4 limbs are affected as well as the muscles of the trunk, face and mouth

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True or false, Quadriplegic CP is not bilateral

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False, as it affects both sides of the body, it is bilateral

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What is Diplegic CP?

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Both legs are affected and the arms may be affected to a lesser extent.

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What is Hemiplegic CP?

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2 limbs are affects but only on one side of the body.

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True or false, Diplegic CP is a bilateral CP?

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True, it affects both sides of the body

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True or false, Hemiplegic CP is bilateral?

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False, Hemiplegic CP only affects one side of the body

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What classification system is used for classifying the severity of Gross Motor Skills in CP?

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Gross motor functional classification system

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What classification system is used for classifying the severity of fine motor skills?

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The manual ability classification system

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What classification system is used for classifying the severity of communication?

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Communication function classification system

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What is the most common form of CP?

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Spastic CP

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What percentage of individuals with CP are affected by spastic CP?

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70-80%

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When does the motor cortex damage occur in spastic CP?

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Occurs before, during or after birth

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How does spastic CP affect the UL?

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Flexion at the elbow, wrist and fingers

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How does spastic CP affect the LL?

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Flexion at the hip, adduction or scissoring of the thighs, flexion at the knees, equinovarus foot posture.

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What is scissoring?

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A form of gait abnormality primarily associated with spastic cerebral palsy where the thighs are adducted.

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What is equinovarus foot posture?

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Clubfoot, a common foot abnormality, in which the foot points downward and inward.

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What causes spastic CP?

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damage to the motor cortex before, during or after birth.

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What is Dyskinetic CP?

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People with dyskinetic forms of cerebral palsy have variable movement that is involuntary, characterised by dystonia, athetosis and chorea

26
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What damage results in Dyskinetic CP?

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Damage to the basal ganglia

27
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What is dystonia?

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Twisting and repetitive movements or abnormal sustained postures

28
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What is Athetosis?

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Slow, continuous, involuntary writhing movements present at rest

29
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What is Chorea?

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Dance like irregular, unpredictable movements

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What is Ataxic CP?

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Ataxia is the least common form of cerebral palsy. Ataxia means ‘without order’ or ‘incoordination’.

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What damage results in Ataxic CP?

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Damage to the cerebellum

32
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How are UL affected in Ataxic CP?

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tremor
shakiness
overshooting (reach too far)
difficulties with precise movement and repetition

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How is LL affected by Ataxic CP?

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Instability - high risk of falls
Poor balance
Wide base gait
falls

34
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How does Ataxic CP affect speech and swallowing?

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Monotone voice
breathy sound
unusual accelerations or pauses between syllables

35
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How does Ataxic CP affect the eyes?

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Slow eye movements

eyes may overshoot or underestimate target

36
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What percentage of CP brain injury occurs in the prenatal and perinatal period of development?

37
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What percentage of CP brain injury occurs during an event more than 28 days after birth?

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What are risk factors of CP?

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Maternal risk factors (thyroid, pre-eclampsia, bleeds, infection, placental abnormalities, multiple births, rubella)
Born premature - 10% babies born before 28 weeks, 5% born 28-31 weeks have CP
Term born - Babies born with Encephalopathy, 12% had CP

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What are prenatal risk factors of CP?

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Genetic disorders
Maternal health factors
Teratogenic agents
Placental disruption
Lack of growth or factors affecting foetal growth
RH blood type incompatibility
Viral diseases in early pregnancy
40
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What are perinatal risk factors of CP?

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Problems during birth
Medical problems associated with immaturity
Multiple births
Low birth weight

41
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What are post-natal factors of CP?

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Severe and untreated jaundice
Infections eg. Meningitis or encephalitis
Alcohol/drug intoxication during breast feeding
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
Trauma during birth or shortly after

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What is the average age for CP diagnosis?

43
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What are diagnosis indicators for CP?

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Floppy when picked up
Cannot hold up head
stiff muscles
unusual postures
delays in reaching developmental milestones
44
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What assessment can be used to assess motor development?

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The general movement assessment
The developmental assessment of young children (DAYC)
The Hammersmith infant neurological assessment (HINE)

45
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When can the general movement assessment be performed?

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before 20 weeks with specific training

46
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When can the DAYC be used for assessment?

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6-12 months

47
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Which test can predict severity in motor development deficit?

48
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What age group can use the HINE?

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It can be used across all age groups

49
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True or false, as lesions occur in an immature brain, some changes/development can be seen over time?

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True, this can cause secondary impairments

50
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What do the atypical movement patterns seen in CP cause?

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diminished strength, contractures in muscle, tendon and ligaments

51
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What do soft tissue changes in CP lead to?

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Deformities, spinal and joint misalignment

52
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True or false, people with CP are at risk of skin breakdown and reduced bone density?

53
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Why would a person with CP have compromised breathing?

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Due to weak postural muscles

54
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What are some symptoms of CP?

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Low endurance
Fatigue
Dysarthria
Speech problems
Decreased voice quality
Decreased expressive and receptive language
Visual impairments
Auditory processing and reception
Tactile hypersensitivity
Sensory processing issues
55
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What conditions are associated with CP?

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Pain
Behavioural concerns 1:4
Intellectual disability 1:2
Non Ambulant 1:3
Hip displacement 1:3
Non verbal 1:4
Epilepsy 1:4
Bladder incontinence 1:4
Sleep disorders 1:5
Blindness 1:10
56
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What life expectancy do children with CP have?

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A normal life expectancy

57
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What percentage of children will walk?

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70%, 60% independent and 10% with aids

58
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What percentage of CP children require a wheelchair?

59
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When are severity predictors most accurate in CP?

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2 years old

60
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What are the 3 evidence based interventions of CP?

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  1. Child active rehabilitation approaches
  2. Compensatory and environmental adaptation approaches
  3. Health and secondary prevention approaches

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