ATHETOSIS
The athetoid child is one of the most perplexing children there is to work with. He is generally an extremely happy child, a delightful, cheerful,
optimistic, bright child, whose progress is often extremely slow and difficult.
The athetoid child's muscles, although a bit hyper (increased) in tone, react in very abnormal fashion, and the harder the child tries to correct
an activity the more uncontrolled his movements become The abnormal motor function of the athetoid is in the form of excessive movement
and uncontrolled movement. This uncontrolled movement increases with the child's effort to move with his level of excitement or with
environmental stimulation. With excessive stimulation, the athetoid's body flails rapidly and wildly. With relaxation, the abnormal function
decreases, and with sleep, disappears.
The athetoid, upon stimulation, assumes an "extensor thrust" position which is characterized by the arms being rapidly extended outward and
back, with the palms of the hands toward the floor and fingers over extended and spread. While the knees come together, feet turn inward
and toes turn up. The neck flexes pulling the head back and to the side and the mouth opens and tongue protrudes.
In addition to the athetoid's movement, which can be described as irregular, unpredictable, and writhing, his efforts toward mobility are further
complicated by an extremely poor sense of balance. The athetoid who has gained the ability to walk often resembles the lurching, balance
adjusting movement of someone trying to walk across the deck of a ship being tossed about in a storm. Characteristically, an athetoid's
attempts at such movements as the opening and closing of a hand are accompanied by overflow movements involving all the extremities.
The involvement of the athetoid's mouth and throat make the activities of eating, drinking, and speaking extremely difficult. As with the spastic,
respiration is also irregular and shallow, adding to the overall problem by providing insufficient oxygen to the brain and increasing the chance
for respiratory infections
ATHETOSISThe athetoid child is one of the most perplexing children there is to work with. He is generally an extremely happy child, a delightful, cheerful,optimistic, bright child, whose progress is often extremely slow and difficult.The athetoid child's muscles, although a bit hyper (increased) in tone, react in very abnormal fashion, and the harder the child tries to correctan activity the more uncontrolled his movements become The abnormal motor function of the athetoid is in the form of excessive movementand uncontrolled movement. This uncontrolled movement increases with the child's effort to move with his level of excitement or withenvironmental stimulation. With excessive stimulation, the athetoid's body flails rapidly and wildly. With relaxation, the abnormal functiondecreases, and with sleep, disappears.The athetoid, upon stimulation, assumes an "extensor thrust" position which is characterized by the arms being rapidly extended outward andback, with the palms of the hands toward the floor and fingers over extended and spread. While the knees come together, feet turn inwardand toes turn up. The neck flexes pulling the head back and to the side and the mouth opens and tongue protrudes.In addition to the athetoid's movement, which can be described as irregular, unpredictable, and writhing, his efforts toward mobility are furthercomplicated by an extremely poor sense of balance. The athetoid who has gained the ability to walk often resembles the lurching, balanceadjusting movement of someone trying to walk across the deck of a ship being tossed about in a storm. Characteristically, an athetoid's
attempts at such movements as the opening and closing of a hand are accompanied by overflow movements involving all the extremities.
The involvement of the athetoid's mouth and throat make the activities of eating, drinking, and speaking extremely difficult. As with the spastic,
respiration is also irregular and shallow, adding to the overall problem by providing insufficient oxygen to the brain and increasing the chance
for respiratory infections
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