Growth Attenuation Therapy in Children with Severe Physical and Cognitive Disabilities
by Julia R. Donner, MD (’23)
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The goal of therapy for Ashley’s family and of those like hers is to prolong care time at home within the family and make this care more feasible to prevent transition to facilities. Lifting and transferring of children becomes more challenging the larger they grow and formation of bed sores and other side effects of being sedentary become a larger issue with increasing size. Growth attenuation could potentially prevent these effects and allow for better quality of life for these children as they age and are able to remain at home.