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 ==== Cerebral Palsy ====
-Some children exhibit hyperkinetic movements. These are excessive unwanted movements.
+Some children exhibit hyperkinetic movements. These are excessive or unwanted movements.
-There are different types of hyperkinetic movements: dystonia, chorea, athetosis, tremor. (see this [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929378/|classification]]
+There are different types of hyperkinetic movements: dystonia, chorea, athetosis, tremor. (see this [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2929378/|classification]]).
+Differentiating dystonia from chorea:
+  - From the article: "Chorea is distinguished from dystonia due to the apparently **random, unpredictable, and continuously** ongoing nature of the movements, compared with the more predictable and stereotyped movements or postures of dystonia."
+  - chorea also faster movements than dystonia
+Splinting
+  - [[https://web.archive.org/web/20190410054209/http://www.deroyal.com/medicalproducts/orthopedics/product.aspx?id=pc-rehab-pucciairinflathandsplints|DeRoyal Pucci Air T splint]]

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