Management of Cervical Myelopathy in Athetoid Cerebral Palsy: Case report
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 1136-1140, 1998.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
We present two patients with a cerebral palsy who developed cervical myelopathy long from term involuntary movements. Frequently instability with a premature onset of spondylosis of the cervical spine is found in an athetoid cerebral palsy patient. These structural abnormalities appear to be related to the athetoid motion of neck in a cerebral palsy. The combination of a disk degeneration and listhetic instability with a narrow canal predisposes these patients for the relatively rapid progression to a devastating neurological defect. Early surgical management is a treatment of choice for the cervical myelopathy associated with an athetoid cerebral palsy.
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Main subject:
Spinal Cord Diseases
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Spine
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Cerebral Palsy
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Dyskinesias
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Spondylosis
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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
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Neck
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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