Pediatrics Jeopardy

Impaired LE strength and sensation due to incomplete neural tube closure

Spina Bifida aka Myelomeningocele

A type of test that compares children to age matched peers

Norm-referenced

A limp with groin pain and ROM limitation in hip flexion, abduction and IR is associated with which diagnosis?

Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

A psychometric that tells us if a test measures what it’s supposed to

Validity

The most attentive new born behavioral state?

Quiet alert

The common standing posture found in myelomeningocele

Crouched

Age of riding a tricycle

3 years old

The child tilts her head left and rotates right. What side is her torticollis?

Left sided Torticollis

Name the power sensations

Vestibular, tactile, proprioceptive

Name the Dx: LE limb deficiency with absence or hypoplasia of the femur

PFFD (Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency)

Name the Dx: Progressive loss of muscle contractibility with an onset of 1-5 years of age

Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

Children walk using a hand held mobility device, what is the GMFCS level?

GMFCS Level III

What’s the best way to reduce the risk of neural tube defect?

Folic acid

Disorder characterized by slow feedback processing and poor visual-spatial awareness

DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder)

Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is seen in which diagnosis?

Legg-Calvé Perthes Disease

For small perturbations on a firm surface, what postural strategy is typical?

Ankle

A cranial deformation on the back of the head centrally is called?

Brachycephaly

Common LE alignment for 5 month old

Genu varum (straightens out but 10-12 months)

Rancho level V. What is their response?

No response to stimuli

The most common genetics disorder encountered in Peds PT, which presents with low tone and cognitive delays

Down Syndrome

Autosomal recessive disease resulting in viscous secretions

Cystic Fibrosis (CF)

Metaphyseal beaking is associated with which diagnosis?

Blount’s disease

A child who seeks to spin aggressively has an over or under-reactive vestibular system?

Under-reactive

Erb’s palsy is associated with damage to which nerve roots?

C5 and C6

A child who avoids touching glue, sand, or other textures likely has?

Tactile defensiveness

Swaddling that constricts hip abduction can lead to …

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (Hip Dysplasia)

True or false? All new walkers have flat feet.

True

How should you avoid lifting a child with a brachial plexus injury?

By the axilla

The lesion site for spastic cerebral palsy

Motor cortex

A diagnosis that presents with communication deficits and sensory processing differences

Autism