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Cognitive Programming
Cognitive programming helps children who, as a result of a brain injury, are coping with cognitive impairments that affect their orientation, planning and organization, problem solving, reasoning, memory and attention.
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Gait Abnormality
Gait abnormality typically results from dysfunction of the nervous and/or musculoskeletal system. The pediatric physiatrists and physical therapists at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital provide evaluations and treatment plans for the management of a gait abnormality.
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Musculoskeletal Conditions
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are injuries or pain in the body's joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons and structures that support limbs, neck and back.
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Spinal Cord Injuries
Damage to the spinal cord that result in a loss of function such as movement or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accident, gunshot, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.).
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Torticollis and Plagiocephaly
A specialized clinic to assess the common disorders of Torticollis and Plagiocephaly is held at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
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Brachial Plexus
An injury to nerves in the neck that control the shoulder, arm, hand and finger movement. This injury may also be known as Erb's Palsy, Duchenne's Palsy or Klumpke's Palsy.
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Movement Disorders
Movement disorders present as difficulties in moving arms, legs or any other part of the body. A wide variety of treatment options are available at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital for patients with movement disorders.
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Neuromuscular Disease
Neuromuscular disease encompasses many diseases and conditions that impair the functioning of the muscles, either directly, or indirectly, due to pathologies of nerves or at their neuromuscular junctions.
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Developmental Evaluation
The Developmental Evaluation Clinic at MWPH is designed to treat children between the ages of 0 - 23 months who are known to have biological or environmental factors that place them at risk for developmental delays.
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Sensory Integrative Processing Disorder
Sensory Integrative Processing Disorder is a neurological disorder that causes difficulties processing information from the senses and is treated by the physical medicine and rehabilitation team at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.