Pediatric Rehabilitation

Neurological Disorders

Central Neurological – Brain and Spinal Cord
- Congenital
  - Cerebral Palsy
  - Congenital vascular malformations
  - Other congenital metabolic CNS diseases
  - Leukodytrophies and hypothyroidism
- Acquired
  - Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
    - Mild to Moderate Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
    - Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
  - Physical Abuse (Nonaccidental Trauma)
  - Pediatric anoxic brain injury
  - Vascular malformations of the brain and spine in children
  - Pediatric stroke
  - Pediatric immune mediated diseases
    - Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis in Children
  - Pediatric CNS tumors
- Pediatric neurodegenerative disorders
  - Mitochondrial Disorders Part One: Disease/Disorder, Essentials of Assessment
  - Mitochondrial Disorders Part Two: Rehabilitation Management, Concepts, and Gaps in Knowledge
  - Toxin mediated encephalopathies
  - Friedreich’s ataxia
  - Mitochondrial cytopathy
  - Dystonias (except Torticollis)
- Neuro-Behavioral with somatic presentations
  - Neuro-Behavioral with somatic presentations
  - Conversion disorders
  - Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
  - Malingering
- Central Neurological – Spinal Cord
  - Congenital
    - Spinal dysraphisms
    - Myelomeningocele
    - Other spinal dysaraphisms
      - Lipomeningocele
      - Diastermatomyelia
      - Caudal regression
      - Spinal bifida occulta
      - Pediatric syringomyelia
    - Genetic conditions
      - Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
    - Tethered cord syndrome
  - Acquired
    - Traumatic spinal cord injury
    - Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality
    - Immune mediated
      - Multiple sclerosis
      - Transverse myelitis
    - Vascular insult
    - Diseases of the anterior horn cell in childhood
Neuromuscular Disorders
- Peripheral nerve
  - Plexus
    - Brachial plexopathy
      - Pediatric Immune Mediated Brachial Plexopathy
      - Neonatal Brachial Plexus Injury
      - Acquired post-natally
      - Traumatic Brachial Plexopathy
      - Radiation induced
      - Radiation plexopathy
      - Tumors
    - Lumbosacral brachial plexopathy including:
      - Traumatic
      - Immunce mediated
      - Radiation induced
      - Tumors
  - Nerve
    - Other causes of hereditary neuropathy including metabolic/pressure liability
      - Peripheral Polyneuropathy Part 1: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
      - Peripheral Polyneuropathy Part 2: Treatment
      - Hereditary sensory and/or motor neuropathies
      - Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
      - Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN)
      - Ataxia telangiectasia
    - Acquired
      - Immune mediated CNS and PNS pediatric diseases neuropathy
      - Acute Immune Related Neuropathies
      - Acute motor axonal neuropathy
      - AIDP/CIDP Part 1: Evaluation and Diagnosis
      - AIDP/CIDP Part 2: Treatment
      - HIV in Children and Adolescents
      - Pediatric critical illness neuropathy
- Pediatric diseases of the neuromuscular junction
  - Toxic
    - Tetanus
    - Pediatric Botulism
  - Myasthenic Syndromes
- Muscle disorders
  - Congenital
    - Dystrophies
      - Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
      - Fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
      - Congenital muscular dystrophy
      - Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
      - Adult and Adolescent Onset Muscular Dystrophies Part 1: Evaluation and Diagnosis
      - Adult and Adolescent Muscular Dystrophies Part 2: Rehabilitation Management and Treatments
      - Emery Driefuss muscular dystrophy
    - Congenital myopathies
      - Nemaline rod myopathy
      - Central core myopathy
    - Myotonic disorders
    - Metabolic myopathies
      - Pompe’s disease
      - McArdle’s disease
      - Camitine deficiency
      - Tumor-related
  - Acquired
    - Inflammatory
      - Dermatomyositis
      - Polymyositis
    - Pediatric infectious myositis
      - Pediatric infectious myositis
      - Bacterial myositis
      - Parasitic
      - Viral and post-viral myositis
    - Toxin mediated myositis in children
      - Toxic myopathy
  - Other
    - Torticollis in Children and Adolescents

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Amputation/limb deficiency
- Acquired
  - Pediatric acquired upper and lower limb deficiency
- Congenital
  - Congenital Upper Limb Deficiency
  - Congenital Lower Limb Deficiency
Bone
- Pediatric congenital bone diseases (other)
  - Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Acquired
  - Pediatric fractures in developing bone
    - Stress
    - Greenstick
    - Avulsions
    - Salter Harris
  - Tumors
    - Primary bone tumors in children and teens
    - Osteogenic sarcoma
Pediatric Burns
- Thermal
- Electrical
- Lightening strike
Joint
- Congenital
- Acquired
  - Inflammatory
    - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
    - Inflammatory Arthritides
  - Atraumatic
  - Traumatic joint diseases in children
    - Osteochondritis Dissecans
    - Patellofemoral syndrome in children
    - Pediatric hemarthrosis
Soft Tissue
- Congenital
  - Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome in Children
  - Marfan’s syndrome
  - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Acquired
  - Acquired inflammatory diseases of the joint in children
  - Bechet’s
  - Scleroderma in children
  - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Children
- Traumatic joint diseases in children
  - Pediatric muscle strains
  - Pediatric soft tissue sprains
  - Pediatric enthesopathies
Other spinal disorders in children
Metabolic bone diseases in children
- Osteoporosis/Low Bone Mineral Content in Children

Cancer and Organ Transplantation

Rehabilitation in blood malignancies including leukemia and lymphoma
Neurofibromatosis
- Type 1
- Type 2

Genetic and Developmental Disorders

Mitochondrial syndromes in children
Hemophilia in children
Sickle cell disease
Down Syndrome

Cardiopulmonary Disorders

Congenital vascular anomalies
Acquired cardiopulmonary disorders in children

Pain Disorders

Fibromyalgia
Complex regional syndromes types 1 and 2
- Complex regional pain syndrome Part 1: Essentials of Assessment and Diagnosis
- Complex regional pain syndrome Part 2: Management and Treatment
Adolescent pain disorders
- Rehabilitation Approach to Adolescent Pain

General Essentials of Pediatric Rehabilitation

Wheelchair and power mobility for Children and Adolescents
Orthotics
Prosthetics
Functional evaluation tools
- Positioning and mobility equipment (non-wheelchair)

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