Functional Recovery Evaluation Flashcards

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What are the practical applications?

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Contributed to the field of neurorehabilitation

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How did it contribute to the field of neurorehabilitation?

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They know that rehab is needed after spontaneous recovery

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What is negative plasticity?

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Brain rewiring can be maladaptive

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Give an example of negative plasticity.

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Phantom limb syndrome.
60-80% of amputees
Due to cortical reorganisation in the somatosensory cortex

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