PHTY304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mobility Aid, Spasticity, Contracture
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Or less at 1 min, 6 or less at 5 mins. Premature birth ie less than 37 weeks (gestation 39-47 wk) Apgar (activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, respiration) 3. Low birth weight (2500g or less) note vlbw <1500g. Extremely preterm <28ws (most risk) gm & fm skill, posture control, sensory motor function, vision / hearing. Delay in motor development (general mvmt assessment) Ot (home & school mods), physio (exercise, therapy), speech pathologist (communication) doctor (dysphagia), dietician social workers, special educators, orthotist. Quadriplegia (all 4 limbs), diplegia (2 limbs), hemiplegia (unilateral), tetraplegia (3 limbs) Spastic 70-80%: mm stiffness due to poor message transition ( with speed), spasticity due to damage to corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts. Dystonic: slow movements with muscle rigidity and persistent abnormal postures that relax after s/min. Correction of soft tissue & bone problems at different anatomical levels (hip, knee or ankle) performed in a single procedure.
