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Aya Mohammed Fouad Hajir
Aya suffers from spastic quadriplegia that has affected her lower
limbs extensively due to meningitis at birth. Her disability
required physical therapy in order to improve her walking.
Aya attended the foundation in October 2002 after her parents
watched the president of the JMF Mss Sana Masri in a televised
interview campaigning the Foundation and its work. Since then, she
has been supported by the foundation with free physical therapy,
medical equipment e.g.( Wheel chair, push chair and a reverse
walker), and monthly financial credit.
Aya’s case is improving with the therapy she is receives at the
foundation which is reflected by her positive mental, physical and
psychological advancement and well being.
Brief Summery of Aya’s Case
1st attendance
• Floppy, can not roll or sit, head control is very poor.
• A full dependent client in ADL (Activity Daily Life)
Aya received:
• Physical therapy to obtain head control
• Different exercises including weight baring exercises; to
normalize muscle tone.
• Throughout her therapy she received balance exercises.
Aya has improved tremendously and has progressed to walking by using
a reversed walker. Therapy is continuous.
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Aya Mohammed Fouad Hajir
Physical Therapy report
Date of birth:
August,1,1996
Diagnosis: Post
Meningitis Flaccid Quadriplegia .
She was affected by meningitis after four months after she was born.
She was in full flaccid stage after infection immediately.
She was admitted to the JMF and after the physical therapy
assessment we found the following problems; -
1. Slightly hypotonic in both lower and upper limbs.
2. Inability to sit independently due to poor balance and poor head
control.
3. Inability to stand without full support to knee and pelvic .
4. slightly bilateral calf muscles shortening .
So she was admitted to the physical therapy program in the
foundation and under takes intensive treatment including stern thing
exercises weight bearing ex , a lot of balance exercises in sitting
position .
During this period of physical therapy we observed good progress ;
1.She can sit independently and in a stable position as a result of
good head control and good balance .
2. The child improved walking ability by using soft knee support and
full assistance from the therapist to walk without knee support and
moderate assistance from the therapist accordingly to increase her
muscles tone .
3. She can now sit independently.
4. She can now walk by using reversed walker .
Physical therapist
Omar Rasheed
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