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| brace and physical therapy |
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| treatment for scheuremann's disease (adolescent kyphosis) |
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increased curvature of the lumbar spine
- "swayback" |
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| perthes disease affects children age ____ |
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| perthes disease (Legg Calve) |
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| disorder of the femoral head where loss of blood flow causes deformity. Bone breaks and rebuilds over time causing limp |
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| cause of the interuption of blood flow to the femoral head in Perthes Disease |
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initial/avascular
fragmentation/revascularization
reossification/reparative
residual/regenerative |
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| 4 stages of perthes disease |
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| a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occured in the developing fetal or infant brain. |
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inflammation of the fetal membrane due to a bacterial infection. mostly caused from passing of the fetus through an infected vagina
- can cause cerebral palsy |
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| spastic , dyskinetic, ataxic, mixed (spastic and dyskinetic) |
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| four types of cerebral palsy |
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| type of CP that accounts for 70-80% of all cases |
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| type of CP that is characterized by increased muscle tone, increased deep tendon reflexes, clonus (rapid distal movement), |
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| type of CP in which flexor, adductor, and internal rotator muscles are more involved than the extensor, abductor, or external rotator muscles |
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| type of CP that causes difficulty with gross motor skills and development of contractures |
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| type of CP that causes involuntary, irregular jerking movements. |
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| type of CP characterized by slow, wormlike, writhing movements that ussually involve the extremities, truck, neck, facial muscles, and tongue |
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type of CP that causes increased movement with stress and voluntary movement
- contractures are rare |
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| CP characterized by a wide base gait, rapid repetative movements that are performed poorly, and breakdown of movements of the upper extremities |
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| type of CP that causes distrurbed coordination, lack of equalibrium, slurred and jerky speach |
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type of CP that is a combination of spastic and dyskinetic
- labeled this when no specific motor pattern is dominant |
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| the absense of ______ could be an indicator of CP |
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| the presence of ______ after 6 months of age could indicate CP |
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| deviced used to prevent or reduce deformity, increase energy efficiancy of gait, and control allignment |
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| contractures - spastic deformities |
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Definition
| orthopedic surgery may be used to correct ______ and _______ of CP |
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| selective dorsal rhizotomy |
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| surgery used to improve function of CP that is the cutting of the dorsal column sensory rootlets that have abnormal response to electrical stimulation |
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treatment used to reduce spastisty of muscles with CP
- prevents release of acetylcholine which prevents spasm |
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24-72 hours
2 weeks
3-6 months |
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| the onset of Botulinum toxin A used the treat CP is ________, peak is ______, and total duration is _________ |
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drug used to reduce spastisty of muscles in CP
- dispensed by pump |
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| after insertion of baclofen pump, pt will remain in hospital for ______ to adjust the dose and ensure proper healing |
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| dental hygeine is very important for people taking ________ (antiepileptic) |
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