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Journal of Public Health Policy and Planning | Volume 3
April 08-09, 2019 | Zurich, Switzerland
Health Care and Neuroscience
International Conference on
ExpectaƟon of physiotherapy intervenƟon to a child with brain tumor, cerebral palsy
and blindness
Aikaterini Ziaka
Physio4you, Greece
Brain tumor in childhood is very hard to be dealt
with. The whole situation demands great deal of
patience and perseverance from parents to treating
doctors. It also depends on the type of tumor and
the condition of the child itself. Relapses are also
very common and can be fatal for a patient’s life. In
the present case study we examine the course of a
4 years old child, named Irene, who was diagnosed
with brain tumor at the age of 8 months. The tumor
is near the optic chiasm, which caused blindness.
Irene learned to walk at the age of 18 months after
physiotherapy sessions but at that point she relapsed.
She had an hemorrhagic stroke which caused her
right spastic hemiplegia and as a result she lost the
ability to walk. She had an operation and after that
chemotherapy treatment.
Since the beginning in order to make Irene stand
on her feet again, we had a very close cooperation
with her parents and her doctors to continue
physiotherapy sessions during the chemotherapy
treatment. The physiotherapy based on the NDT
method and uses her hands very well in any activity
she needs. Our therapeutic procedure was aimed
for her to be a child but without any risk of her life,
because of her vision luck. We focused on teaching
her how, what and when to do daily activities.
Therefore in future she could be like any other
blind child but cheerful and happy. And we succeed
on that! Today she can deal with her walking
perfectly and she understands the importance of
physiotherapy. We are very proud of her!
Speaker Biography
Aikaterini Ziaka has completed her bachelor degree on Physiotherapy
at Alexandreio Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
). She completed her MSc at University of Thessaly and her
research was “The differentiation of postural control by manipulating
visual perception through prism adaptation”. She is a pediatric therapist
over 28 years period and she specialized in NDT-Bobath method. She has
been at as lab assistant professor in neurorehabilitation for 11
years. She completed her studies on Orthopedic Manipulative Therapy
Diploma in 2016 and she is an OMT therapist since. She had many
publications and she always remains informed on neurorehabilitation.
She owns a physiotherapy lab, named Physio4you, since 2012. From the
beginning of her career she was exclusively devoted to children and their
deficits.
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