EDP 3361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Botulinum Toxin, Physical Therapy, Assistive Technology
21 Jan 2020
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What is cerebral palsy: a specific motor disorder caused by an injury to the developing brain. A group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and musculoskeletal problems (rosenbaum et al. , 2007) posture causing activity limitations that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain. The motor disorders are often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior, by epilepsy, or by secondary. It is a muscle disorder that starts in the brain. Muscles control everything: no genetic cause (injury within brain. Four main features: onset that is before, during, or after birth (usually before 2 years of age) Current estimates place incidence of id among with population at 30-60%. Speaking makes it seem like they might have one, but normally it is not an issue. Sometimes a single factor can be determined, but often a combination of risk factors lead to conditions that cause cerebral palsy.
