Exam 3: Stroke Impairments Flashcards
What percentage of stroke patients experience some form of weakness?
80-90%
Are UE or LE more likely effected?
UE
20% of individuals with what type of stroke will fail to regain any functional use of their UE?
MCA stroke
Will distal or proximal muscles experience greater strength deficits?
Distal
What are the dominant synergies of the UE and LE?
UE flexion and LE extension
What are the non-dominant synergies of the UE and LE?
UE extension and LE flexion
What components are included in UE flexion synergy?
Scapular retraction and elevation
Shoulder abduction and ER
Elbow flexion
Forearm supination
Wrist flexion
Finger flexion
What is the strongest component of UE flexion synergy?
Elbow flexion
What components are included in UE extension synergy?
Scapular protraction
Shoulder adduction and IR
Elbow extension
Forearm pronation
Wrist flexion
Finger flexion
What is the strongest component of UE extension synergy?
Shoulder adduction
What components are included in LE flexion synergy?
Hip flexion, abduction, ER
Knee flexion
Ankle dorsiflexion, inversion
Toe dorsiflexion
What is the strongest component of LE flexion synergy?
Hip flexion
What components are included in LE extension synergy?
Hip extension, adduction, IR
Knee extension
Ankle plantarflexion, inversion
Toe plantarflexion
What is the strongest component of LE extension synergy?
Hip adduction, knee extension, and ankle plantarflexion
Describe Stage 1 of Motor Recovery
Period of flaccidity, no movement of the limbs can be elicited
Describe Stage 2 of Motor Recovery
Some facilitated movement, minimal voluntary movement responses. Spasticity begins to develop, particularly in muscles of dominant synergy
Describe Stage 3 of Motor Recovery
Both flexion and extension synergies present and elicited voluntarily. Active movement occurs within the synergy. Spasticity peaks
Describe Stage 4 of Motor Recovery
Some movement combinations that do not follow path of basic synergies are mastered. Spasticity begins to decline
Describe Stage 5 of Motor Recovery
Synergies lose their dominance. More difficulty out of synergy movement combinations are mastered. Spasticity continues to decline
Describe Stage 6 of Motor Recovery
Individual joint movements. Improving coordination
Describe Stage 7 of Motor Recovery
Normal function
When will a patient with a stroke experience hypotonicity?
Immediately following a stroke due to cerebral shock
When will hyperreflexia emerge?
With the development of spasticity and synergy
When will a patient with a stroke present with hyporeflexia?
Initially following the stroke during the period of flaccidity
Describe the prevalence and general characteristics of hypertonicity?
Present in 90% of cases. Affects antigravity muscles, and can lead to contractures
Describe coordination deficits in a patient with stroke
Difficulty with timing and sequencing and limited ability to adapt to task demands
How will a patient present with a cerebellar stroke in terms of coordination?
Ataxia
How will a patient present with a stroke affecting the basal ganglia in terms of coordination?
Slow movement (bradykinesia), involuntary movements including chorea or hemiballismus
What is apraxia?
Difficulty planning and executing movements that can not be accounted for by another reason (strength, coordination, or cognition)
Where are lesions located that cause apraxia?
Premotor frontal cortex, left parietal lobe, corpus callosum
What is ideational apraxia?
Inability to produce movement on command or automatically due to breakdown in conceptualization of the complete task
What is ideomotor apraxia?
Inability to produce movement on command or imitation, but may produce automatically
What ROMs may be limited due to contractures?
Shoulder flexion, abduction, ER
Elbow extension
Forearm supination
Wrist and finger extension
What causes joint malalignment at the wrist and shoulder?
Edema at the wrist and shoulder subluxation