Orthosis

Cerebral Palsy Causes & Treatment

Cerebral palsy, often referred to as CP, is not just a single disorder but an umbrella term for a group of disorders that affect both body movement and posture. Cerebral palsy is generally caused by damage in one or more parts of the brain that control movement and muscle tone. CP can also be caused by abnormal development in these regions of the brain.

Since cerebral palsy is an umbrella term, many people are unaware that there are many different types of CP which include spastic, dyskinetic, athetoid, ataxic, and mixed. Spastic cerebral palsy is, in fact, the most commonly occurring type and is primarily identified by increased muscle tone. The muscles of a person suffering from spastic CP are stiff (spastic) and exhibit jerky or awkward movements. The symptoms can be found in both legs, a single side of the body, or the entire body.

People with cerebral palsy all have difficulty coordinating muscles and controlling movement. Other symptoms of CP include poor muscle tone, uncontrolled movements, problems with balance, posture, coordination, walking, swallowing, and speech, muscle stiffness, and breathing problems. There is also the possibility of mental retardation, learning disabilities, seizures, bladder and bowel control problems, dental problems, and hearing and vision problems.

The severity or presence of the symptoms may vary from person to person and may even wax or wane over time. However, it is important to note that cerebral palsy will not get worse over time; CP is not a degenerative disease and does not cause death. Despite the varying levels of severity, there is a variety of cerebral palsy treatments available to patients today though there is no cure.

Treatment for CP helps reduce the disabilities often associated with the disorder. A specified therapy regime will be determined by the patient and medical professionals but will often include some form of physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, therapeutic braces, drugs, or even surgeries. Many patients experience the use of cerebral-palsy braces at some point.

The use of braces in treating the symptoms of cerebral palsy is effective in reducing spasticity and improving the range of motion for the affected areas. The most common type of brace is an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) which actually minimizes gait irregularities in patients. These devices can also help reduce energy expenditure, improves ambulation, and increases speed. Braces coupled with physical therapy are usually quite effective.

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The design of an intelligent active orthosis for lower limbs: The way for independent mobility for paraplegia Sale Price: $92.00   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description Walking is body?s natural means of moving from one location to another. Functional versatility allows the lower limbs to readily accommodate stairs, doorways and obstacles in the path of progression. Therefore, as standing-up and sitting-down are prerequisite for walking and independent mobility they are considered two of the most demanding activities. Despite that, current walking systems do not integrate robust controllers for standing-up and sitting-down. Designing an optimal controller using functional electrical stimulation (FES) and artificial intelligence aiming to achieve near-normal dynamics is important yet many factors including the dynamics nonlinearity and the upper limb force need to be considered. This book, therefore, aims to represent a design of an FES-supported standing-up and sitting-down optimal controller integrated with an intention detection system. The analysis of the book gives an overview about rehabilitation, genetic algorithms, neural networks, fuzzy systems, and wavelet analysis techniques to the readers. It starts from the very basic concepts building its way up to the current techniques used in biological modelling and control systems design.

Orthosis: Webster's Timeline History, 1965 - 2007 Sale Price: $28.95   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Orthosis," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Orthosis in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Orthosis when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Orthosis, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain.

Ankle-foot Orthosis Sale Price: $50.00   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours See Reviews For This Product Description High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) are orthoses or braces, usually plastic, encompassing the ankle joint and all or part of the foot. AFOs are externally applied, and are intended to control position and motion of the ankle, compensate for weakness, or correct deformities. They control the ankle directly, and can be designed to control the knee joint indirectly as well. AFOs are commonly used in the treatment of disorders that affect muscle function such as stroke, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, polio, multiple sclerosis and peripheral neuropathy. AFOs can be used to provide support to weak or wasted limbs or to position a limb with tight, contracted muscles into a more normal position. They are also used to immobilize the ankle and lower leg in the presence of arthritis or fracture, and to correct foot drop. An AFO may also be referred to as a foot-drop brace.

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