SAMARPAN PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC

SYRINGOMYELIA

CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF THE SPINAL CORD CHARACTERIZED PATHOLOGICALY BY CAVITATION OF THE CENTRAL CANAL OR GRAY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD AND CLINICALY BY BRACHIAL AMYOTROPHY AND SEGMENTAL SENSORY LOSS OF DOSSOCIATED TYPE.

CAUSE:

• ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE 1
• PLATYBASIA
• DANDY WALKER SYNDROME IN WHICH THERE IS CYST IN THE POSTERIOR FOSSA

CLASSIFICATION:
SYRINGOMYELIA WITH OBSTRUCTION
SYRINGOMYELIA WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION]
SYRINGOMYELIA WITH OTHER DISEASE
CLINICAL FEATURE:
PAIN AND TEMPERATURE SANSATIONS ARE FIRST AFFECT.
WEAKNESS AND WASTING OF THE MUSCLES SUPPLIED BY AFFECTED SEGMENT
KYPHOSCOLIOSIS IS USUALY ASSOCIATED WITH SYRINGOMYELIA
TREATMENT:
SURGERY IS NECESSORY IN MOST CASES
PHYSITHERAPY TREATMENT INCLUDES

1. CARE OF ANESTHETIC HAND
2. MAINTENANCE OF RANGE OF MOTION
3. IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF MUSCLES
4. DEVELOP COORDINATION