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Neurology and neurosurgery
Published in Jagdish M. Gupta, John Beveridge, MCQs in Paediatrics, 2020
Jagdish M. Gupta, John Beveridge
12.28. Which of the following statements is/are true?Ataxic cerebral palsy is accompanied by hypertonia in infants.In cerebellar lesions the ataxia worsens when eyes are closed.Spinocerebellar tracts are degenerated in Friedreich ataxia.Ataxia is a recognized complication of phenytoin toxicity.Ataxia is a prominent feature of post-varicella encephalitis.
Neurology
Published in Stephan Strobel, Lewis Spitz, Stephen D. Marks, Great Ormond Street Handbook of Paediatrics, 2019
Fenella Kirkham, Adnan Manzur, Stephanie Robb
Specific causes:Genetic (e.g. arginase deficiency – diplegia). Also ataxic cerebral palsy (see Ataxia).Structural brain malformation (e.g. microcephaly, agenesis corpus callosum, Sturge–Weber syndrome).Ischaemia (e.g. porencephaly – often middle cerebral artery, ‘fetal stroke’, periventricular leukomalacia).Teratogens (e.g. alcohol – 8.3% of children with fetal alcohol syndrome have cerebral palsy).Deficiencies (e.g. iodine – New Guinea), magnesium.Infections (e.g. meningitis, CMV, rubella, Toxoplasma).
Neurological disorders
Published in Michael Horvat, Ronald V. Croce, Caterina Pesce, Ashley Fallaize, Developmental and Adapted Physical Education, 2019
Michael Horvat, Ronald V. Croce, Caterina Pesce, Ashley Fallaize
Ataxic cerebral palsy is the result of a lesion in the cerebellum. The cerebellum organizes information to coordinate movement and is the feedback mechanism in the brain for muscular functioning. Ataxic occurs in fewer than 10% of all cases of cerebral palsy and is usually not congenital but acquired.
Turkish version of Brief Ataxia Rating Scale
Published in Disability and Rehabilitation, 2021
Elif Acar Arslan, Arzu Erden, Beril Dilber, Gülnur Esenülkü, Sevim Şahin, Tülay Kamaşak, Pınar Özkan Kart, Erhan Arslan, Murat Topbaş, Ali Cansu
Thirty-five cases were evaluated in a previous adaptation of BARS into Brazilian Portuguese. As noted in that study, the ICARS and SARA evaluation process involves longer tests compared to BARS. BARS is easy to learn and effective in the context of cerebellar motor functions [13]. It is also effective in pediatric patients as a practical and reliable test. Similarly, it has also been shown to be reliable in early onset ataxia [14]. One study involving healthy children (4–16 years) showed that BARS is reliable for pediatric patients among the different ataxia rating scales (ICARS, SARA) [15]. BARS is an important rating scale, not only for hereditary ataxias, but also in terms of etiologies of other ataxias, such as autoimmune diseases, vasculopathy, multiple system atrophy, and alcoholic cerebellar degeneration [13,16]. Its efficacy has also been investigated in pediatric patients with brain tumors in recent years, and the test has been found to be reliable and valid [17]. Application of BARS items is also reported to be easy in children with neurodegenerative ataxia and ataxic cerebral palsy [18].