Cerebral Palsy, The Most Common Physical Disability Of Childhood And A Clinical Diagnosis

There are many different types of cerebral palsy. “Types of cerebral palsy are classified by the type of movement problems caused by brain impairment, or by the parts of the body that are affected.” (Mecham, 1986)

The human body is made up of many organ systems that consist of organs and tissues of different anatomies and diverse nomenclature. These organs systems, organs and tissues are prone to thousands of diseases, and one of these diseases is cerebral palsy, which is a disease of the nervous system in simple terms. Research relating to cerebral palsy is carried out, whereby the disorder is described, along with its history, and how it affects the nervous system and the brain. The anatomy of the body systems involves with regard to this disorder, the effects of the disorder on these body systems and other body systems are also researched and discussed. Furthermore, the research focuses on the causes of cerebral palsy, its complications, signs, and symptoms, and the diagnosis of the disorder, along with its treatment and side effects of the treatment. A recap of the research focusing on prevention strategies, the anatomy and physiology of cerebral palsy and the nervous system is presented.

Premature infants are particularly susceptible to Cerebral Palsy, as are those who have a severe illness during the first few years of life. Physical trauma or severe dehydration, both of which can cause brain damage, may also result in Cerebral

Cerebral Palsy is a neurological condition. As a result, it affects a person’s whole body and his or her brain, muscles movements and their body. Consequently

List the body functions and body structures that have been affected by the client’s cerebral palsy. Identify the areas of occupation that the client enjoys or values.

Cerebral palsy (PC) is a term that includes neurological disease that have a significant impact on body movements. Furthermore, it has a negative effect on the brain cells which controls the muscles of the body. Usually it affects children since their birth and causes brain development is incomplete, so they will have physical disorders. Moreover, symptoms of this sickness appear when the child's age becomes 2-3 years. There is no real cure for cerebral palsy, but there is cure for its symptoms. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders and imbalances which affect the nervous system, and there are reasons, symptoms and treatment for its symptoms.

Cerebral palsy is a general term called a number of neuronal conditions that affect movement and balance in humans. It usually appears at birth or in the early stages of life due to damage or atrophy of brain cells. (The period prevalence of Cerebral Palsy for 2008 was 3.1 per 1000 8-year-old children (95% confidence interval 2.8-3.4))1. Cerebral palsy is a disease that has a significant effect on the patient's performance of his various life functions, and there are many types of cerebral palsy that are Spastic, Athetoid, and Ataxic.

This paper is about Cerebral Palsy (CP). Cerebral Palsy is a birth defect that affects the brain. This paper will include the causes, preventions, symptoms, treatments, life expectancy and quality of life.

When I started elementary school, I instantly became curious about education. Because I have Cerebral Palsy, I was placed in special needs classes and I was given easier assignments than my peers. From kindergarten through fifth grade, I wanted to challenge myself to be on the same educational level as the rest of my peers. As I began to do more work, my teachers and peers would tell me, “You can’t do it, just give up.” As a result, and for the longest time, I gave up on what I wanted to do. I started to work on the easier assignments I was given.

Cerebral palsy affects a part of the brain that helps to control the body's muscle movements. This is a disorder that permanently will affect the body's movement and/or speech. In most of the children who have cerebral palsy are born with it right after birth. Cerebral palsy starts in infancy. One person can have more effective cerebral palsy from another person. For example; a boy can have the effects of not being able to walk or talk in a preposterous way where as a girl could have the effect of not being able to walk good but can still talk normally.

In this paper I will be reviewing three articles that approach cerebral palsy with different concepts. Two focus on using telerehabilitation, and the other one focuses on immediate and long term effects of hippotherapy. These

Cerebral Palsy is a congenital disorder of the movement, muscle tone, and or posture. Cerebral Palsy is also known as CP is not curable. This disorder can last years or even a lifetime. With lots of rehab the ability of walking is an important goal for families suffering with CP. Living with this disorder a person has many barriers. Participation in physical, recreational, and other activities may affect development of friendships. Knowledge for early signs of future walking abilities has relevance for children with CP whose trajectory or prognosis for attaining independent walking is more variable in early childhood, but who are expected to have limitations in walking outdoors and in the community.

Another researched treatment option for cerebral palsy is hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy involves having the patient placed in a pressurized room or tube where the air pressure is three times higher than normal (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). While the patient is in the hyperbaric chamber, he or she is exposed to 100% oxygen (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases the amount of oxygen the blood can carry which helps promote healing and fights infection (Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, 2014). The UHM journal conducted a study to see if intensive rehabilitation combined HBO2 therapy would improve gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy (Mukherjee, 2017). This study involved one hundred and fifty children with CP. The children were divided up into four groups; one control the three others all were exposed to varying levels of HBO2 therapy (Mukherjee, 2017). The children were observed over an eight month period (Mukherjee, 2017). Every child who was assigned to a HBO2 therapy session went once daily for six days within a week. At intervals of two, four, six, and eight months after the treatment began, the children's gross motor function measure (GMFM) was evaluated (Mukherjee, 2017). The results were conclusive  revealing all the children’s GMFM scores improved. However, the children who had the rehabilitation coupled with

In the 1860s a Surgeon by the name of William Little wrote about a condition he noticed in some children. He wrote about all the symptoms he noticed in children with this particular condition. Because of him, this condition was named “Little’s Disease” for several years and is now known as Cerebral Palsy.

Cerebral Palsy is a condition that involves the brain and nervous system which results in disorders in movement, learning, hearing, seeing and thinking. There has been a rise on the number of children who are diagnosed with CP since the 1960’s (Mattern-Baxter, 2010). After a child has been diagnosed with CP, it is important to help them regain their ability to walk. Cerebral palsy is a permanent but not unchanging condition that requires the help of medical professionals, the children and their families (Mattern-Baxter, 2010). Since the recent increase of the number of children diagnosed with CP, researchers has emphasized the importance of intensive intervention at an early stage (Prosser, Lee, VanSant, Barbe, & Lauer,