cast (CI95 5.67–9.13‚ p = 0.001). Where casting was indicated as appropriate‚ but not chosen as an intervention‚ mitigating factors included older age (70–95 years)‚ limited personal support and a clinical aim of comfort/hygiene maintenance. Conclusion: Occupational therapists using the Protocol consistently chose casting as an upper limb intervention for adults who
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Canada was born on November 23‚ 1980 (Semkiw). On a farm in Saskatchewan‚ Canada‚ Tracy lived with her family of six; she was the eldest of her three other siblings (Semkiw). Due to an insufficient amount of oxygen at birth‚ Tracy was born with Cerebral Palsy. By the age of 12‚ Tracy had undergone three corrective surgeries in order to “improve her quality of life” (Pickup). When told Tracy needed a fourth surgery‚ her parents decided she needed to die in order to prevent her from more pain (Pickup)
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income they are also financially disadvantaged‚ which multiples barriers to participation. The ’disabled’ are not all the same‚ but a mixture of people with a range of disabilities including deafness‚ sight impairment‚ amputation‚ paraplegia‚ cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. Elite athletes with a disability competed for the first time for medals in the Commonwealth Games in 2002‚ but much more still needs to be done if disabled people are to enjoy the same sporting opportunities as the
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Argument Against Prenatal Genetic Screening In this essay‚ I will argue that prenatal screening for disabilities for the intent of actively choosing to have a child without a disability is immoral. By disability‚ I mean the definition provided in a medical dictionary: “A disadvantage or deficiency‚ especially a physical or mental impairment that prevents or restricts normal achievement”. This does not include diseases that are considered inevitably and irreversibly fatal‚ nor does it include birth
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Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) is a diagnosis that is not very familiar to many people. This is a brain injury that occurs in infancy. This injury is most common in preterm babies but can still happen in full term babies as well. 75% of preterm babies with Periventricular Leukomalacia will have some kind of disability. Many people do not know what causes this‚ how this is diagnosed‚ what the treatment is and the outcome of the infants affected by this. This paper will give insight to what causes
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Imagine a world where a wealthy family has a large estate where the mother is pregnant with an unborn child and has two other children. When the father drew up his will which he left to his surviving spouse and his children‚ the unborn child had not existed at that time and therefore the unborn child was not included in the fathers will. While the mother was still pregnant the father died in a car accident leaving the unborn child with no legal benefit and therefore the unborn child is left with
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disorder (OCD) and cerebral palsy. Throughout the novel‚ McGovern demonstrates that because
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medical care. Another big concern is that a baby born too early is more likely than a full term baby to face serious short and long term complications. Some of the complications these babies can face are breathing problems‚ feeding difficulties‚ cerebral palsy‚ developmental delay‚ learning disabilities‚ vision problems‚ dental problems‚ intestinal
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variations in patient response; improves functional abilities in daily living. General Indications: Abnormal tone; impaired balance; decreased mobility; postural asymmetry. Medical condition that may benefit from HPOT: cerebral palsy; development delay; multiple sclerosis; cerebral vascular accident. Unique contributions of equine movement as a treatment tool: * Horse movement is very similar to the movement of a person pelvis during normal human gait. * Normal postural responses can be developed
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NERVOUS SYSTEM The human body’s activities are regulated by two systems – the nervous system and the endocrine system. Although both systems control body functions‚ their methods differ. The nervous system is the body’s information gatherer‚ storage center and control system. Its primary function is to collect information about the external conditions in relation to the body’s external state‚ to analyze this information‚ and to initiate appropriate responses to satisfy certain needs; the most
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