Mixed Cerebral Palsy
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Mixed Cerebral Palsy

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is mixed cerebral palsy? Mixed cerebral palsy happens when a child exhibits symptoms of more than one type of cerebral palsy. Children diagnosed with mixed type cerebral palsy have sustained an injury to the motor control centers in several parts of the brain. A child’s impairments can fall into both categories, spastic and non-spastic,…

Athetoid cerebral palsy
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Athetoid cerebral palsy | Dyskinetic cerebral palsy

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is Athetoid/Dyskinetic cerebral palsy? Athetoid cerebral palsy also called dyskinetic cerebral palsy, this is the second most common type. Intelligence is usually normal, yet muscle problems affect the whole body. Fragile or tight muscle tone causes random and uncontrolled body movements. The child will have difficulties walking, sitting, maintaining posture, and speaking clearly because…

Ataxic Cerebral palsy
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Ataxic Cerebral palsy

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is Ataxic cerebral palsy? Ataxic cerebral palsy is one of three major types of cerebral palsy and is also the rarest. It causes a lack of coordination and balance and also affects depth perception. Treatments for ataxic cerebral palsy involve therapy and medication. Ataxic cerebral palsy is an infrequent type of cerebral palsy affecting…

Erb's Palsy
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Erb’s palsy

ByDr.DharaPatel

What is Erb’s palsy? Erb’s palsy also known as Erb’s Duchenne palsy is a paralysis of the arm(Upper Limb). This injury occurs mainly due to injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves, The lesion is usually at the junction of the C5 and C6 roots (Erb’s point). These Nerve Root form part…

Spastic cerebral palsy
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Spastic cerebral palsy

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

Definition of Cerebral palsy (CP): Cerebral palsy is a chronic disability of central nervous system origin characterized by abnormal control of the movement of posture, appearing early in life and not the result of progressive neurological disease. TOPOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY: MONOPLEGIA: Paralysis of 1 limb involvement. HEMIPLEGIA: Upper Motor Neuron Lesion (UMNL) of…

sandifer syndrome
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Sandifer syndrome

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is Sandifer syndrome? Sandifer syndrome (SS) is a type of movement disorder that is associated with acid reflux and sometimes a type of stomach hernia. Movements can range from bending in your back to tense neck postures. They normally happen right after eating. Sandifer syndrome was first noted in the early 1960s, and the…

costello syndrome
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Costello syndrome

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is Costello syndrome? Costello syndrome is a very infrequent genetic condition. It occurs when there is a mutation in a gene called the HRAS gene. This occurs in a child’s DNA before birth. Costello syndrome causes problems that impact the heart, muscles, bones, skin, brain, and spinal cord. costello syndrome is also called Faciocutaneoskeletal…

cyclist palsy
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Cyclist palsy | Handlebar’s palsy:

ByJyoti Maurya

Description of Cyclist Palsy: Cyclist Palsy is an ulnar nerve injury at the wrist that can occur in cyclists, in both road and mountain biking. Palsy means a nerve is being compressed and develops like some hand paralysis. On the little finger side of the wrist, the ulnar nerve runs through a tunnel or canal,…

Cohen syndrome
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Cohen syndrome

ByDr.Avni Serasiya

What is cohen syndrome? Cohen syndrome is an hereditary syndrome that affects many parts of the body and is characterized by developmental delay, mental disability, microcephaly, hypotonia. Cohen syndrome is also called as Pepper syndrome or Cerenkov syndrome or Prominent incisors-obesity-hypotonic syndrome or Norio syndrome. Other features common in this condition include worsening myopia, breakdown…