What is the assessment of brain palsy?
Assessment of brain palsy determines what type of brain palsy is present by observing physical, sensory, receptive, emotional, cognitive and social development levels. The evaluation is necessary because brain palsy represent a wide range of symptoms and does not affect any two people. The treatment and management plan can be formulated after the assessment of brain palsy determined the type of brain palsy.
Cerebral Palsy is the effect of brain injury that the child suffered before he was 2 years old. There are four main types of brain palsy. Athetoid child palsy have symptoms of uncontrolled and involuntary movement. Spastic brain palsy are distinguished by difficult and stiff movement. Ataxic brain palsy cause a disturbed feeling of perception and depth balance. The fourth type of Cerebral is mixed brain palsy that shows any combination of symptoms of other types.
Assessment of brain palsy includes observing the child's behavior and focusing on where the restrictions occur. The child is observed on several positionsh. Physical behavior that the doctor will seek during the evaluation may include involuntary movements, the accuracy of the child's attempts to hold or let go of objects and any part of the body that remain in the same position when the rest of the body moves to another position.
In addition to observation, brain palsy evaluation may include development tests. These tests may include a rating scale before speech, a developmental test of Denver development and development programming for infants and small children. The assessment before speech examines the behavior of feeding, respiratory and sound game in children aged 2 and younger. The Denver development screening test evaluates developmental delays in the field of gross and fine motor development, language, adaptive behavior and social behavior in children from birth to 6 years. Developmental programming for infants and young children evaluates gross and fine motor development, care for themselves, perceptive development, language and knowledge in children from birth to 6flight.
It is very important that the comfort of the child is provided during the assessment of brain palsy due to the age of children during the evaluation and nature of symptoms. Re -evaluation should be a continuing part of the treatment plan. It is also important to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment.