In cerebral palsy (Cerebrum means brain, Palsy means paralysis)
Cerebral palsy is a neurological disease of the brain that occurs due to any trauma, disease, or disorder. Cerebral palsy is a brain developmental disease of children that affects movement.
Types of cerebral palsy
1. Spastic cerebral palsy 2. Ataxic cerebral palsy 3. Athetoid cerebral palsy 4. Mixed type of cerebral palsy
Causes of cerebral palsy
A. Prenatal
- Maternal infection
- Injury of the fetus
- Intrauterine growth retardation
- Nutritional deficiency of the pregnant mother
- Multiple fetuses
- Frequent pregnancy
B. Inter-natal
- Birth trauma
- Breach delivery
- Hypoxia during birth
- Prolong labor (decrease oxygen level of the fetus)
- Asphyxia neonatorum
C. Post-natal
- Low birth weight
- Neonatal Jaundice (Bilirubin > 40
- Meningitis and other viral infections
Physiotherapy treatment of Cerebral palsy
- Assessment
- Rolling
- Sitting
- Active / Passive facilitation by using basketball
- Sitting to stand
- walking bar
- Shoulder joint mobilization exercise
- Pelvic tilting exercise
- Orthotic device
- Splinting
- Correction of posture using a posture corrector
- Grip strengthening by using hand exerciser
- Step stool
- Kinesthetic taping
- Leucoplaster
- Plaster of Paris
- Balance practice by using physio ball
- Wheelchair training
- Walking with crutch
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Diet chart for proper nutrition
- Stretching exercise
- Mobilization exercise
- Active and passive range of motion exercise
- Strengthening by using resistance
- Interferential therapy
- TENS therapy
- Exercise using theraband
- Gait training
- Vibration therapy
- Sensory stimulation
- Wheelchair training.
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Last updated: 06/08/2020
Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed, BSc, is a health professional. He has been working with pain-related diseases and conditions for the last ten years, and he loves to give treatment without painkillers. Based on his experience with different types of physiotherapy manual techniques. He completed his BSc from Saic College of Medical Science and Technology. He loves to collect information from PMC. Here, he is sharing his opinion about various health conditions and health-related equipment. Find him on Facebook page here. Happy reading!