Prenatal
Exposure to toxins/drugs
Infections or fever
HIV/STD risk
Vaginal bleeding
Abnormal fetal movement
Preeclampsia (especially proteinuria)
Breech position
Poor maternal weight gain
Prem...
Family-centered care and coordination in a medical home directed toward optimizing health, activity, and participation
Interdisciplinary clinics: services (medical, surgical, therapy) coordin...
Requirements for specialty care vary greatly with the degree of disability and impairment. An interdisciplinary clinic setting may be more appropriate for a child...
Delgado MR, Hirtz D, Aisen M, et al; for Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Practice paramet...
343.9 Infantile cerebral palsy, unspecified
343.0 Congenital diplegia
343.1 Congenital hemiplegia
343.2 Congenital quadriplegia
343.4 Infantile hemiplegia
343.3 Congenital monoplegia
343.8 Other s...
Q: Is severe clumsiness a form of CP?
A: Mild spastic diplegia or hemiplegia may present this way, but tone abnormalities and significant functional impairments distinguish CP from the milder speci...
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Athetosis Athetoid movements are slower and more twisting and writhing than choreiform movements, and have a larger amplitude. They most commonly involve the face and the distal extremities. Athetosis is often associated with spasticity. Causes include cerebral palsy.
Athetosis Athetoid movements are slower and more twisting and writhing than choreiform movements, and have a larger amplitude. They most ...
Neuromuscular weakness is a hallmark of cerebral palsy.
<bold>Figure 34.10</bold> The physical therapist works with a child who has cerebral palsy. Note the scissoring of the legs.
Fig. 2. The sitting balance of this patient with cerebral palsy was affected not only by scoliosis but also by "windswept" hip contractures: adduction-extension on the left and flexion-abduction on the right.
Fig. 2. The sitting balance of this patient with cerebral palsy was affected not only by scoliosis but also by "windswept" hip contracture...
<bold><italic>Figure 23-11</bold> The brain in cerebral palsy.</bold> The brain of a child showing scarring and tissue loss following intrauterine brain damage.
<bold><italic>Figure 23-11</bold> The brain in cerebral palsy.</bold> The brain of a child showing scarring and t...