Musculoskeletal Disorders
The Division of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center treats patients with these musculoskeletal disorders:
- Multiple trauma (from motor vehicle collisions, falls, assault)
- Muscle and tendon strains, ligament sprains, contusions
- Non-surgical sports injuries
- Gait deviations
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Arthrogryposis multiplex
- Amputations (traumatic and congenital)
Muscle Spasticity
- Evaluation and education
- Oral medications
- Dantrium" (dantrolene sodium)
- Lioresal" (baclofen)
- Valium" (diazepam)
- Zanaflex" (tizanidine)
- Catapres" (clonidine)
Nerve blocks Botox" (botulinum toxin) PhenolIntrathecal baclofen pumps Posterior dorsal rhizotomy
