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Review of Paediatric Neurological Conditions Seen in the Physiotherapy Department of a Children’s Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria
Management of paediatric neurological conditions involves a
multidisciplinary team approach with Physiotherapy being an important
member of the team. This study investigated the proportion that
neurological conditions accounted for of the total number of paediatric
conditions managed at the Physiotherapy Department of the Oni Memorial
Children Hospital, Ibadan between January 2004 and December 2006 and
also reviewed the specific neurological conditions. Records of all the
patients managed during the study period reviewed were identified from
which the neurological cases were sorted out and data on specific
diagnosis, age and gender were collated. A total of 546 paediatric
cases were reviewed out of which 471 (86.3%) were neurological cases
with mean age of 25.3± 25.2 months and a 1.3: 1.0 male to female
ratio. Cerebral palsy {CP}, predominantly the spastic quadriplegic
type, accounted for majority (43.7%) of cases. Traumatic sciatic nerve
palsy was the cause of physiotherapy attendance in 35.5% of cases while
Obstetric brachial plexus injury accounted [10.8%) of cases. Other
conditions were Central Nervous System Infections, Down’s
syndrome and Paralysis of unspecified diagnosis, Radial and Facial
nerve palsies and Gullian Barre syndrome. A case is made for the
deployment of more resources (funds, facilities and health personnels)
for the care of neurological paediatric conditions