CVA Worksheet Flashcards
What are 5 early warning signs of stroke?
- Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body
- Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
- Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
- Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
- Sudden, severe hypertension with no known cause
What regions of the brain does the anterior cerebral artery syndrome supply?
Superior border of frontal and parietal lobes
What are 4 symptoms of anterior cerebral artery syndrome?
- Contralateral weakness & sensory loss primarily in the LE
- Incontinence
- Aphasia
- Memory & behavior deficits
What regions of the brain does the middle cerebral artery supply?
The surface of the cerebral hemispheres
The deep frontal & parietal lobes
What are 2 symptoms of middle cerebral artery syndrome?
- Contralateral sensory loss and weakness in the face and UEs (less involvement in LE)
- homonymous hemianopia
What regions of the brain does the posterior cerebral artery supply?
- Occipital lobe
- Temporal lobes
- Thalamus
- Upper brain stem
What are 4 symptoms of posterior cerebral artery syndrome?
- Contralateral sensory loss Thalamic pain syndrome - Homonymous hemianopia - Visual agnosia - Cortical blindness
What regions of the brain does the internal carotid artery supply?
The internal carotid artery enters the cranial cavity bilaterally and divides into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries
What are the symptoms of internal carotid artery syndrome?
Combination of anterior and middle cerebral artery stroke symptoms
What are the symptoms of lacunar syndrome?
- pure motor hemiparesis
- pure sensory stroke
- sensorimotor stroke
- ataxic hemiparesis
- clumsy-hand dysarthria
What regions of the brain does the vertebrobasilar artery supply?
- Brain stem
- Cerebellum
What are the symptoms of vertebrobasilar artery syndrome?
- CN involvement (diplopia, dysphagia, dysarthria, deafness, vertigo)
- Ataxia
- Equilibrium disturbances
- Headaches
- Dizziness
What is a synergy pattern?
An abnormal, stereotyped set of movements that occur in response to a stimulus or voluntary movement
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the scapula?
elevation and retraction
What is the extension synergy pattern at the scapula?
depression and protraction
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the shoulder?
abduction and ER
What is the extension synergy pattern at the shoulder?
Horizontal adduction and IR
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the elbow?
flexion
What is the extension synergy pattern at the elbow?
extension
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the forearm?
supination
What is the extension synergy pattern at the forearm?
pronation
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the wrist?
flexion
What is the extension synergy pattern at the wrist?
extension
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the fingers?
flexion and adduction
What is the extension synergy pattern at the fingers?
flexion and adduction
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the hip?
Flexion, abduction and ER
What is the extension synergy pattern at the hip?
Flexion, adduction, and IR
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the knee?
Flexion
What is the extension synergy pattern at the knee?
extension
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the ankle?
dorsiflexion with inversion
What is the extension synergy pattern at the ankle?
plantarflexion with inversion
What is the flexion synergy pattern at the toes?
dorsiflexion
What is the extension synergy pattern at the toes?
plantarflexion
What is the most dominant synergy pattern in the UE?
flexion
What is the most dominant synergy pattern in the LE?
extension
What is an associated reaction?
Stereotyped movements in which effortful use of one extremity influences the posture and tone of another extremity (usually the opposite extremity).
In other words, voluntary movements of one extremity produce unintentional movements in another extremity.
What are Brunnstrom’s 7 stages of recovery?
1) Flaccidity
2) Spasticity appears
3) Spasticity increases (reaches its peak)
4) Spasticity declines
5) Further decrease in spasticity
6) Spasticity disappears
7) Normal function is restored
Describe flaccidity (step 1)
There are no voluntary or reflex activities present
Describe the appearance of spasticity (step 2)
Synergy patterns begin to develop. Some of the synergy components may appear as associated reactions.
Describe the increase in spasticity (step 3)
Patient gains voluntary control over synergies
Describe the decline in spasticity (step 4)
Some movement patterns out of synergy are mastered, however synergy patterns still predominate.
Describe the further decrease in spasticity (step 5)
More complex movement combinations are learned as the basic synergies lose their dominance over motor acts
Describe the disappearance of spasticity (step 6)
Individual joint movements become possible and coordination approaches normal
Describe the restoration of normal function (step 7)
Fine motor skills return
Define Homonymous Hemianopia
Defect or loss of vision in the temporal half of one vision field and the nasal portion of the other
Define Conjugate Eye Gaze
Eyes move in parallel
Define diplopia
double vision
Define dysarthria
Difficulty forming words secondary to weakness of the tongue & muscles of the face
Define ataxia
Uncoordinated movement, equilibrium deficits, & headaches
Define Locked-in Syndrome
Patient is alert & oriented but is unable to move or speak because of weakness in all muscle groups. Eye movements are the only active movement possible and thus the patient’s only means of communication
What is visual agnosia?
The inability to recognize familiar objects or individuals
What is cortical blindness?
Inability to process incoming visual information even though the optic nerve remains intact
______ infarcts are small infarcts in the deep cerebral white matter, basal ganglia, or pons, presumed to result from the occlusion of a single small perforating artery supplying the subcortical areas of the brain
Lacunar
Describe thalamic pain syndrome
Condition that follows an infarction or hemorrhage in which the patient experiences intolerable burning pain and sensory perseveration. Sensation is perceived as noxious & exaggerated.
Describe pusher syndrome
a clinical disorder following brain damage in which patients actively push toward their hemiplegic side, leading to a loss of postural balance
Define perseveration
repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus
What is the left hemisphere responsible for?
- allows individuals to process information sequentially and to observe detail
- speech and reading comprehension
What is the right hemisphere responsible for?
- process nonverbal information
- perceives emotions
- awareness of body image
Which side of the brain is Wernicke and Broca’s area typically found?
It is found in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, which is the left hemisphere in about 95% of right handed individuals and 60% of left handed individuals.
CVA in the parietal lobe can cause what?
Neglect
If a CVA occurs in the left hemisphere what visual changes can be expected?
Left nasal and right temporal field vision loss
Homonymous Hemianopia
Your patient is supine on the mat. His UE and LE are flaccid and his trunk has low tone. You begin to range his arm and notice some tone in his biceps. You think:
A) The predominant pattern of motor return in the UE following a CVA is flexion
B) Increased biceps tone and elbow flexion is part of the UE synergy pattern
C) You should stretch his biceps to stimulate his triceps
D) Both A & B
E) All of the above
D
You tap on your patient’s left biceps to try to facilitate movement. This technique is considered to be:
A) Brunstrum
B) Bobath
C) Rood
D) Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Function
C
A short term goal for a patient with neurological deficit is as follows: The patient will transfer from tall kneeling to half kneeling with supervision. This activity is an example of:
A) mobility
B) Stability
C) Controlled mobility
D) skill
C
Your patient developed an UE synergy pattern. This includes:
A) shoulder retraction, elevation, supination, elbow, wrist, and finger flexion
B) Shoulder retraction, elevation, pronation, elbow, wrist, and finger flexion.
C) Should protraction, depression, elbow flexion, wrist and finger extension.
D) Shoulder retraction, depression, elbow extension, wrist and finger flexion.
A
You patient also has speech problems. The speech therapist told you that your patient slurs his words, because he has weakness of the muscles used in speaking. He has no trouble understanding your directions. This is called:
A) Broca’s apasia
B) Dysarthisa
c) Anomia
D) Global aphasia
B
Your patient is unable to form a motor plan in order to carry out a task. This condition is called:
A) ideomotor apraxia
B) Ideational apraxia
C) constructional apraxia
D) Akinetic apraxia
B
A patient is unable to sing on command, but you heard him singing to commercials on tv. The same patient cannot walk after being taught while in the rehab department, but has been observed walking in the bathroom. This condition is called:
A) Ideational apraxia
B) Ideomotor Apraxia
C) Constructional Apraxia
D) Dressing apraxia
B
True or False
The most important modifiable risk factor for stroke is high blood pressure.
True
True or False
Strokes rarely occur in people under 65.
False
True or False
Most people who have a stroke don’t survive.
False
True or False
Women are more likely to die of stroke than men.
True
True or False
People who smoke daily double their risk of stroke.
True
What does FAST stand for?
Face: Ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?
Arms: Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?
Speech: Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is their speech slurred or strange?
Time: If you observe any of these signs, call 911.
Why do associate reactions occur?
Because there is an overflow of activity into the opposite limb due to the inability to selectively inhibit the interneurons that synapse with the motor cell bodies of the opposite limb.
Locked-in Syndrome results from the blockage of what artery?
basilar
Cortical blindness results when there is damage to the _____ lobe
occipital
Thalamic pain syndrome follows an infarction or hemorrhage in one of what 3 areas?
- lateral thalamus
- posterior limb of the internal capsule
- parietal lobe
When does pusher syndrome develop?
in Right CVA of the posterolateral thalamus
CN damage is considered a(n) ____ motor neuron lesion.
lower