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True or False: Periventricular Leukomalacia are another name for the lesions on the brain in CP.
False: It is a poorly understood brain process in CP.
100
What percent of CP cases are caused by unknown prenatal factors:?
80%
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What are the four types of CP?
spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed
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Diagnoses of CP is a possiblilty if reflexes are ......
found after the age at which they should have disappeared.
100
What are the five broad aims of therapy for CP?
1. Establish, locomotion, communication, and self-help skills 2. gain optimal appearance and integration of motor functions 3. correct associated defects as effectively as possible 4. provide educational opportunities adapted to the child's needs and capabilities 5. promote socialization experiences with other affected and unaffected children
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True or false: CP is a condition linked to lesions on the muscles causing them to develp abnormally.
False: CP is linked to lesions on the brain that cause muscles to be uncontrollable at times.
200
Since the 1960's the prevalence has risen approximately what percent?
20%
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Which of the four types of cp is most common?
spastic
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Which two reflexes may be of value in establishing the diagnoses?
Asymmetric tonic neck or persistent moro and crossed entensor reflex
200
What is the common frequent therapy used to assist to normalize someone with CP?
Physical Therapy
300
True or False: CP is the most common permanent physical childhood disability. The incidence is reported to be 4-5 in every 1000 live births.
False: It is the most common permanent physical disability of childhood, and the incidence is reported to be between 1.5 and 3 in every 1000 live births in the U.S.
300
The prevalence of CP in infants born before 36 weeks of gestation and weighing less than 2000 g has been reported to be what percent?
12%
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Which of the four types of cp have a wide-based gait?
ataxic
300
What are the primary modalities for diagnoses?
neurologic exam and history
300
When a child is diagnosed with CP it can be hard on parents. What is a recommendation for a parent to take wanting to find help in dealing with CP?
Support groups
400
True or False: Self-care and optimal normalization are the two biggest goals for CP patients.
True
400
A published report that defines neonatal encephalopathy affirms that approximately what percent of cases of neonatal encephalopathy occur as a result of events before the onset of labor.
70%
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Describe what congenital means to a patient.
(Keep it simple and easy to understand) It is a disease that is present at birth.
400
True or False: Body movements and muscle cordination worsen overtime and are diagnostic tools to determine what stage of CP a patient is in?
False
400
What two diagnostic tests have lowered the number of genetic disorders?
MRI and CT scans
500
True or False: Coma and muscle splitting are common in most severe cases of CP.
False: Coma is common in most severe cases.
500
Motor impairment associated with voluntary control is usually not apparent until after what age?
2 to 4 months of age at the earliest
500
A functional classification is based on what?
Nature and distribution of neuromuscular dysfunction. Area of brain involved, degree of motor involvement, accompanying impairment, anatomic distribution, and cause of CP
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If not treated aggressively what two muscle conditions might occur?
Shortening and rigidity