Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common movement disorders‚ especially in children. Approximately 2.1 per 1000 births are diagnosed with this disorder (CDC 2013). Causes of cerebral palsy range from preterm birth and birth complications to poor genetics to hypoxia or inflammation in the newborn brain. Since many causes of cerebral palsy occur prenatally rather than postnatally or perinatally‚ and given that it is hard to isolate any one of these factors as the cause‚ it is very difficult to determine
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3&3.4 Case study Imogen is a 4 year old girl who has just begun nursery for the first time‚ but unfortunately Imogen has cerebral palsy. Nursery is a place she is enjoying attending she is a bright and happy girl who enjoys having peers around her .Her favourite activity is being creative but has difficulty in controlling her body movements with a tendency which makes her body have random action. Her speech is affected and being unable to control her tongue causes her to drool. Cerebral palsy
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I. INTRODUCTION Background and rationale of the study: One of the leading cases of musculoskeletal trauma is fracture. Fractures are any break in the continuity of the bone. It usually occurs when the stress placed on a bone is greater than the bone can absorb. Muscles‚ blood vessels‚ nerves‚ tendons‚ joints and other organs may be injured when fracture occurs (Nettina‚ Sandra B. 2006). It can be caused by metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis‚ or as a result of direct force when
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before‚ during or after birth‚ which is when the baby’s brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control‚ muscle coordination‚ muscle tone‚ reflex‚ posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child’s motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases‚ Cerebral Palsy cannot
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Braden Lee Neal‚ an aspiring eleven year old‚ is my brother who suffers from Cerebral Palsy (CP). Adopted from a drunken‚ strung out sixteen year old mother of three‚ Braden is a miracle and should not have made it out of the womb‚ or the hospital. My passion‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ has changed my outlook on life and will bring more awareness to living life with Cerebral Palsy. Just a little background about CP; Cerebral Palsy is the most prominent childhood disability‚ and also has no cure. There are
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CEREBRAL PALSY Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most common congenital disorders of childhood. It is a medical condition caused by a permanent brain injury that occurs before (Prenatal)‚ during (Perinatal)‚ or shortly after birth (Postnatal). Thus the malformation of the brain can exist at birth or caused by factors occurring during the birthing process or after. Cerebral palsy is a non- progressive disease; however‚ the effects have been known to change over time. This non curable
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Cerebral Palsy Causes Cerebral palsy results from damage to certain parts of the developing brain. •This damage can occur early in pregnancy when the brain is just starting to form‚ during the birth process as the child passes through the birth canal‚ or after birth in the first few years of life. •In many cases‚ the exact cause of the brain damage is never known. At one time‚ problems during birth‚ usually inadequate oxygen‚ were blamed for cerebral palsy. •We now know that fewer than
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a term used to describe disorders of movement that result from injury to the brain. It is a problem of muscle coordination. Cerebral Palsy can be caused by numerous problems occurring in the prenatal period‚ prematurity‚ labor and delivery complication in the newborn period. Due to genetic or chromosomal abnormality to the brain may not develop in the typical way. Some environmental factors such as drugs metabolic problems and placental dysfunction may also
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Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a condition that affects thousands of people each year. An estimated 764‚000 children and adults are afflicted with one or more symptoms of CP. Around 8‚000 infants and babies are diagnosed each year and 1‚200-1‚500 preschool age children are recognized with symptoms of CP (www.ucp.org). This condition is caused by “abnormal development of areas of the brain that control movement and posture” (www.ucp.org). It can also be caused by damage to the brain (usually because
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Cerebral palsy CP is a disorder of aberrant control of movement and posture‚ appearing early in life secondary to a CNS lesion or dysfunction that is NOT a result of a progressive or degenerative brain disease. In other words‚ CP is caused by a static brain dysfunction (also called static encephalopathy). It is believed that CP is due to a defect in a developing brain‚ a lesion that may have had its onset in prenatal‚ perinatal‚ or postnatal period. Thus‚ causes of CP may be manifold.
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