Module 4: Lesson 1: Neurological Rehab Flashcards
What types of conditions benefit from neurological rehabilitation?
- Ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes
- TIA
- Subdural hematomas
- Infections: Meningitis, polio
- SCI/TBI
- Bells palsy, cervical spondylosis, brain/spinal cord tumors, MD, GB
- Parkinsons, HD, ALS, MS
1 in how many deaths in 2018 from cardiovascular disease waws due to stroke?
6
What percent of strokes are ischemic?
87%
What percent of stroke cases in the world are associated with modifiable risk factors?
90%
Men are how many more times likely to be hospitalized when compared to women for TBI.
2x
People age»_space;> and older had the highest number and rates of TBI related hospitalizaitons and death.
75 and older
What is the leading cause of death?
Brain injury
After 5 years: What percent of people with TBI have died?
22%
After 5 years: What percent of people with TBI became worse?
30%
After 5 years: What percent of people with TBI stayed the same?
22%
After 5 years: What percent of people with TBI improved?
26%
The following symptoms describe someone with a mild, moderate or sever brain injury?
- Small cut in scalp
- Balance issues
- Nausea
- Sleep issues
- Blurred vision
- Tinnitus
- Taste alterations
- Sensitivity to noise and light
- Dizziness
Mild
What type of hematoma is described below:
Occurs between the skull and dura and usually caused by a direct impact injury that causes deformity of the skull
Epidural hematoma
What type of hematoma is described below:
Appear between the dura and the surface of the brain and are produced by the rupture of small veins and as blood collects within the skull it compresses the brain and increases the intracranial pressure
Subdural hematoma
What type of hematoma is described below:
Bleeding in the brain that is caused by injuries to small blood vesels.
Intracerbral hematoma
What is described below:
Bleeding may occur in a thin layer immediately surrounding the brain.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
What assessment for brain injury is described below:
- Most common scoring system used to describe the level of consciousness in a person following TBI.
- Assists in determining the severity of an acute brain injury
Glascow Coma Scale
What assessment for brain injury is described below:
- Used to describe the cognitive and behavioral patterns found in brain injury patients as they recover from their injury.
- Has 10 levels
Ranchos Los Amigos
What assessment for brain injury is described below:
- Developed to evaluate cognition serially during the subacute stage of recovery from closed head injury.
- It measures orientation to person, place, time, and memory of events, preceding and following the injury.
Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT)
Name some assessments used in brain injury population.
- Glascow Coma Scale
- Rancho Los Amigos
- Sensory stimulation
- Galveston Orientation and amnesia test
- Agitated behavior scale
What are the 4 main characteristic mechanisms of primary injury of traumatic SCI?
- Impact + persistent compression (burst fracture)
- Impact alone with transient compression (hyperextension injuries)
- Distraction
- Laceration/transection (i.e. missile injuries)
What are the types of non-traumatic injuries?
- Spinal metastases/tumors
- Inflammatory spinal cord lesions
- Compressive myelopathy d/t spinal stenosis or disc herniation
- Degenerative spine disease
- Shifting etiologies for SCI as the population grows older
More then …% of SCI cases are traumatic and caused by incidences such as accidents, violeence, sports or falls.
90%
Male to female ratio of SCI
2:1 (more in adults then children)
In what decade of life are men mostly affected by SCI?
- 3rd
- 8th
In what age/stage of life are women at higher risk of SCI?
- Adolescence (15-19)
- 7th decade
What type of SCI is described below:
Neurological assessments show no spared motor or sensory function below the level of injury
Complete SCI
What type of SCI is described below:
Combination of motor and sensory function below the level of injury
Incomplete SCI
What type of SCI is described below on the ASIA scale?
No sensory or motor function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5
A - Complete
What type of SCI is described below on the ASIA scale?
Sensory, but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments. AND no motor function is preserved more than 3 levels below the motor level on either side of the body.
B - Sensory incomplete
What type of SCI is described below on the ASIA scale?
Motor function is preserved at the most caudal sacral segments for voluntary anal contraction OR the patient meets the criteria for sensory incomplete status and has some sparing of motor function more than 3 levels below the ipsilateral motor level on either side of the body.
Less then half of key muscle functions below the single NLI have a muscle grade greater than or equal to 3
C - Motor incomplete
What type of SCI is described below on the ASIA scale?
Motor function is preserved at the most caudal sacral segments for voluntary anal contraction OR the patient meets the criteria for sensory incomplete status and has some sparing of motor function more than 3 levels below the ipsilateral motor level on either side of the body.
At least half or more of key muscles functions below the single NLI have a muscle grade greater than or equal to 3.
D - Motor Incomplete
What level of injury and dysfunction is described below:
- Involves C1-T1
- Loss of sensation, function, or movement in head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, pelvic organs and legs
Tetraplegia (formerly called quadriplegia)
What level of injury and dysfunction is described below:
- Injury involving T2-S5
- Loss of sensation, function, or movement in chest/trunk, stomach, hips, legs and feet
Paraplegia
What is the most common incomplete SCI?
Central cord syndrome
What syndrome is described below:
- Most common incomplete SCI
- Injury is caused by hyperextension of the neck leading to compression of the cervical spinal cord, causing damage primarily to the center of the cord.
- Weakness affecting the UE more then LE
- Prognosis varies: Younger do better
Central Cord Syndrome
What is central cord syndrome?
- Most common incomplete SCI
- Injury is caused by hyperextension of the neck leading to compression of the cervical spinal cord, causing damage primarily to the center of the cord.
- Weakness affecting the UE more then LE
- Prognosis varies: Younger do better