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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - A therapist who specializes in child development and who will evaluate your child's skills, especially in the areas of fine motor and eye-hand coordination, and general development. The OT can assist you and your child in daily living skills and is mainly concerned with hand strength and use of arms and hands.

OPHTHALMOLOGIST - A physician who specializes in the treatment of disorders of the eye.

OPPOSING MUSCLES - Muscles that pull in opposite directions.

ORTHOPEDIST - A physician specializing in problems relating to bones, joints and muscles.

ORTHOSIS - An appliance used to correct, prevent, or support deformities to improve function of movable body parts.

ORTHOTIST - A person specially trained in making and modifying orthoses to meet an individual's needs.

OSTEOPOROSIS - Brittle bones with deficient calcium; bones can fracture easily.

OSTEOTOMY - A surgical procedure involving the cutting of the bone to improve alignment.

OPISTHOTONOS - Backward arching of the head, neck or back with stiffness of the entire body(Chiari II symptom).

PARALYSIS - A loss of voluntary movement.

PARAPLEGIA - A condition in which both lower limbs are paralyzed.

PARAPODIUM - A crutchless standing device utilized for young children with
paraplegia.

PATELLA - The kneecap.

PEDIATRICIAN - A medical doctor who specializes in care of children. This physician
may help coordinate your child's care, and during regular office visits may check your child's weight, head size and take a urine specimen to check for bladder infections, as well as treat your child for illness.

PERITONEAL CAVITY - The abdominal cavity.

PHYSIATRIST- A physician who specializes in rehabilitation and may plan and coordinate physical, occupational, speech and other types of therapy. This doctor may also coordinate the treatment and evaluation of an individual, with the other members of a health-care team.

PHYSICAL THERAPIST - A developmental specialist who evaluates the range of motion of joints, muscle strength and development, and functional level of the child. The physical therapist uses the information from the evaluation to design an appropriate treatment and activity program.

PLANTAR FLEXION - Ankle flexed so that the foot is pointing upward.

PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY - The premature onset of puberty, usually defined as before eight years of age in girls and before the age of nine in boys.

PRENATAL - Before birth.
PRONE - Describing the position of a person lying horizontally on the abdomen, with the face turned downward.

PROXIMAL - The end of a shunt catheter closest to the head.

PULMONARY - Pertaining to the lungs.

PULSE - The rate and power of the heartbeat.

PYRAMIDAL TRACT - A band of nerve fibers originating in the cortex and connecting with cell bodies in the spinal cord. It plays an important part in the control of voluntary movement.