Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a neurological disease that causes muscles to weaken and literally waste away. The motor neurons in the spinal cord degenerate to the point that the spinal muscles gradually deteriorate. There are several forms of this disease and, sadly, it affects young children, some as young as two months old.
Physiotherapy has been instrumental with helping children suffering from this genetic disease achieve some sort of normal quality of life. Physiotherapy’s role in treating Spinal Muscular Atrophy is most effective at onset of the illness and must be carried through during the course of the child’s life. Many children with mild conditions of this defect lead lives into adulthood. Other children die at an early age, mostly due to pneumonia.
Here are three main types of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Type One is Severe Infantile SMA, which is also known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease. This is the most severe form of the disease and the child is unable to sit or roll unsupported. The muscle weakness and atrophy eventually causes feeding problems and children with this condition generally do not live beyond the age of 18 months. Sadly, there is...
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