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Case Studies | Neuroscience | India | Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2017
Optimizing Adaptive Seating Solution in Case of Severely Disabled Cerebral Palsy Child
Swati Kurne | Smita Jayavant
Abstract: This case report describes the seating solutions in severe motor and cognitive developmental delay of a cerebral palsy child. Often children are prescribed commercially available seating devices which does not solve the problem in severely involved child. Here we demonstrate how an Occupational therapist working in a rehabilitation setting optimized seating device by custom made seating device components in modifying difficult posture in fully dependent child having very poor motor and cognitive function. Interdisciplinary team approach and individualized therapeutic seating program was effective in assisting the parents and child in meeting their positioning needs. The effectiveness of these seating solutions was assessed on parent questionnaire which showed improvement in positioning and social interaction.
Keywords: Optimum Seating, Severely Disabled, Cerebral Palsy
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2017,
Pages: 318 - 319
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Case Studies, Neuroscience, India, Volume 11 Issue 11, November 2022
Pages: 417 - 419Craniocerebral Penetrating Injury with Kitchen Knife with Excellent Outcome: Report of an Interesting Case
Susangato Choudhury [4] | Suniti Kumar Saha [7] | Kaushik Roy [7] | Shuvayu Bandopadhyay [3]
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Case Studies, Neuroscience, India, Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023
Pages: 1351 - 1355Programmable Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt Outcomes of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Case Series of 10 Patients
Dr. Rohit Kamlesh Yadav | Dr. Aniruddha Chattopadhyay | Dr. Arijit Ghosh | Dr. Sabyasachi Saha