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Journal of Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
March 14-15, 2019 | London, UK
International Conference on
Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare
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 cooperationwith 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 remain 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. She is married with 2 children.
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Aikaterini Ziaka
Physio4you, Greece
Expectation of Physiotherapy intervention to a child with Brain Tumor, Cerebral Palsy and
Blindness
Notes:
Aikaterini Ziaka et al., Curr Pediatr Res, Volume 23
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C1-010