Pediatric Rehabilitation Program
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine specializes in the management of children and adolescents with disabilities, including congenital or acquired conditions. Our primary focus is to maximize development, function and independence, restoring and recovering. We also assist in advocating and educating patients, families and the community, no matter the diagnosis or condition, to try to maximize inclusion and re-integration. As pediatric physiatrists, we understand how growth and development may play into the management of disabilities in youth.
Our program serves pediatric patients, from birth to 17 years of age.
The most common conditions treated in our facilities are:
Brain Injuries/Dysfunction
- Traumatic brain injury (external link)
- Disorders of consciousness (external link)
- Non-traumatic brain injury
- Anoxic brain injury
- Strokes (external link)
- Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Multiple sclerosis (external link)
- Encephalitides (autoimmune or post-infectious)
- Post-brain-tumor-resection
- Post-hemispherectomy or other epilepsy management surgeries
- Cerebral palsy (external link)
- Post-selective-dorsal-rhizotomy
- Post-intrathecal-baclofen-insertion
- Post-multilevel-orthopedic-surgery
Spinal Cord Injuries/Dysfunction
- Traumatic spinal cord injury (external link)
- Non-traumatic spinal cord injury
- Transverse myelitis
- Acute flaccid myelitis
- Tethered cord
- Post-spinal-cord-tumor-resection
- Other myelopathies (autoimmune or post-infectious)
- Spina bifida (myelomeningocele) (external link)
Other Neuromuscular Conditions
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome (external link)
- Functional neurological disorders
Rheumatological Conditions
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis
Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Polytrauma
- Post-burn
- Limb loss/amputation (external link)
Deconditioning
- Chronic-amplified-pain syndrome (CAPS)
- Dysautonomia/postural sydndrome (external link)
Cancer
- Brain tumor
- Spinal cord tumor
- Deconditioning following cancer treatments
Spasticity and dystonia management: oral medications, phenol neurolysis and botulinum toxins, s/p selective dorsal rhizotomy, s/p Intrathecal baclofen pump implantation)
UT Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine provides clinical coverage through:
- TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital (external link) – Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic and Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
- Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital (external link) – inpatient consult service
- UT Physicians – multidisciplinary clinics
- MD Anderson – inpatient consult service