Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Final: Cerebral Palsy Terms
12 May 2017
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Concerned with the care and treatment of the unborn child and mother. A form of cell death in which a programmed sequence of events leads to the elimination of cells without releasing harmful substances into the surrounding area. Apoptosis plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining health by eliminating old, unnecessary, and unhealthy cells. Incoordination and unsteadiness due to the brain"s failure to regulate the body"s posture and regulate the strength and direction of limb movements. Involuntary movements, including writhing movements, particularly of the arms and hands. Irregular involuntary movements that may involve the face, neck, trunk, extremities, or respiratory muscles, giving an appearance of restlessness. An inflammation of the brain usually caused by a viral infection. Encephalopathy is a term that means brain disease, damage, or malfunction. Encephalopathy can present a very broad spectrum of symptoms that range from mild, such as some memory loss or subtle personality changes, to severe, such as dementia, seizures, coma, or death.
