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Athetoid
• Movements are uncoordinated, involuntary and are
carried by sudden unpredictable variation in muscle
tone.
Ataxic
• Movements lack assurance and are awkward and
imbalanced. Mostly muscular tension is free.
• Child may be floppy (Low muscle tone) or mixed type
Therapies
cont…
Children are having lot of perceptual problem
like right, left , up down etc. Children are
having problem in visual perception and visio-
motor coordination.
• Sensory integration deficits that are most
likely to influence hand use are tactile
defensiveness, poor bilateral integration and
dyspraxia.
Upper Extremity function cont…
Sensory
Input
Stimuli
Feedback/ Previous
CNS Integration
Experience
Adaptive
Output
Response
Sensory Integration cont…