FLASH Flashcards
agnosia
inability to interpret information
agraphesthesia
inability to recognize symbols
agraphia
inability to WRITE due to lesion on brain
akinesia
inability to INITIATE MOVEMENT
aphasia
inability to communicate or comprehend due to damage to the brain
apraxia
inability to perform PURPOSEFUL learned mvmts although there is no sensory or motor impairment
astereognosis
inability to recognize objects by sense of TOUCH
asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR)
with head turned to one side, arm and leg on face side are extended and arm and leg on scalp side are flexed. this reflex could interfere with an infant’s ability to roll from prone to supine.
ATNR normal age of response
6 months
ataxia
inability to perform COORDINATED mvmts
athetosis
INVOLUNTARY mvmts and INSTABILITY of POSTURE. usually due to damage to basal ganglia.
bradykinesia
slow movements
chorea
movements that are SUDDEN
clonus
INVOLUNTARY ALTERNATING SPASMODIC CONTRACTION of a muscle precipitated by a QUICK STRETCH REFLEX. characteristic of an upper motor neuron lesion
diplopia
double vision
dysarthria
slurred and impaired speech due to MOTOR deficits of tongue or other muscles
dysmetria
INABILITY to CONTROL range of movement and the FORCE of MUSCLE ACTIVITY
dysphagia
INABILITY to SWALLOW
hemiparesis
WEAKNESS on one side of body
hemiplegia
PARALYSIS on one side of body
kinesthesia
ability to PERCEIVE the DIRECTION and EXTENT OF MOVEMENT of a joint or body part
symmetrical tonic neck reflex (STNR)
head positioned in flexion or extension
STNR normal age of response
6-8 months
STNR with head positioned in extension
arms are extended