Tuesday 7 August 2012

PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR CEREBRALPALSY

                     Principles of treatment: 

  • Careful assessment and recording of the child should be an ongoing process and not an isolated one
  •  Realistically plan and measures should be derived from the assessment  
  • Early treatment should be incorporated in to daily management of the child
  •  Repetition and reinforcement are essential for learning and establishing of modified motor pattern.   
  •   Maximize sensory motor experiences 
  •  Involvement of the child as an active participant.
  • Motivation  of the child should be kept high through the course of the treatment .                                                                                              
  •  The treatment of the child is a team work and the therapist should involve the family members in the treatment of the child   
  • There should be adequate consideration for developmental training   
  •  The abnormal tone should be modified so as to facilitate development of function. 
  •  The therapist should try to use adequate afferent stimuli 
  •  All the purposeful active movements should be  facilitated.  
  •  Secondary impairments like contractual and deformity should be kept to the minimum 
  • It is essential to give functional independence which may be with or without compensation.                                      

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