SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

CEREBRAL PALSY

CEREBRAL PALSY IS THE CONDITION WHICH IS NON PROGRESSIVE AND IS CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO BRAIN AT OR AROUND BIRTH.ITS DEVELOPS DUE TO DAMAGE TO CNS ND THIS DAMAGE TAKES PLACE BEFORE,AROUND AND AFTER BIRTH OF THE CHILD.

CAUSES:

ANTENATAL CAUSES:

• TRAUMA TO THE MOTHER 
• INFECTION
• HYPOGLYCEMIA
• GENETIC CAUSES
• VISUAL PROBLEMS

NEONATAL CAUSES:

• PREMATURITY
• VASCULAR CAUSES
• TRAUMA
• ASPHYXIA

POSTNATAL CAUSES:

• DELAYED CRY
• SEVERE JAUNDICE

CLASSIFICATION OF CP:

• TOPOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION

1. QUADRIPLEGIA
2. DIPLEGIA
3. PARAPLEGIA
4. TRIPLEGIA
5. HEMIPLEGIA
6. MONOPLEGIA

• ACCORDING TO TYPES

1. SPASTIC 
2. ATHETOID
3. ATAXIC
4. MIXED

TREATMENT:
PHYSICAL THERAPY IS VERY EFFECTIVE FOR THIS TYPE OF PATIENTS.
STRETCHING AND MOBILITY
NORMALISATION OF TONE
DEVELOPING POSTURAL REACTION
OROMOTOR TRAINING
SENSORY INTEGRATION
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IS ALSO VERY USEFUL FOR THESE TYPES OF PATIENTS.