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Motor Screen Flashcards

1
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What is the purpose of a motor screen?

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To assess strength, AROM, PROM, tone, and activation/sequencing
End feel, muscle length, power, endurance
Helps determine if motor deficits are neurological (tone, paresis) or MSK (past or present injuries)

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What body regions are part of the peripheral nervous system?

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Muscles, joints, and their sensory and motor innervation

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What are the parts of the central nervous system?

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Association area
Motor cortex and cerebellum
Brain stem and spinal cord

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What is the association area of the CNS?

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cortex and basal ganglia; movement strategy to best achieve the goal

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What is the motor cortex and cerebellum of the CNS for?

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sequence of contractions, ararnged in space and time, smoothness to achieve goal

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What is the brain stem and spinal cord in the CNS for?

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executions and activation of the motor neurons to generate the movement

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Where does information come directly from?

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motor cortex, spinal cord, and premotor areas

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What does NOT have a DIRECT output to the spinal cord?

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cerebellum and basal ganglion

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What guides the motor response?

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integration of the sensory input informs and guides the motor reasponse

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What is the main area that involves motor function?

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motor cortex

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The primary motor cortex has the largest concentration of ______________ _________

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corticospinal neurons

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Where is the primary motor cortex?

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anterior to the central sulcus

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What does the primary motor cortex control?

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CONTRALATERAL VOLUNTARY movements

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What does the primary motor cortex require?

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stimuli of low response to elicit a motor response

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Where is the supplementary and premotor area (SMA and PMA)?

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anterior to the primary motor cortex

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What does the SMA and PMA require?

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higher intensity stimuli for motor response

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What is in the SMA?

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axons that directly innervate motor units involved in the initiation of movement

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What does the SMA control?

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  • timing
  • sequential tasks
  • action monitoring
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What is the PMA innervating?

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the motor units that control trunk and proximal limb movements

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What does the PMA control?

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planning and preparing the body for movement

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What does the motor cortex recieve information from?

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the somatosensory cortex, the cerebellum and basal ganglia

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Where is the somatosensory info relayed directly to?

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the primary motor cortex from the thalamus

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Where does the thalamus relay info to?

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the cerebellum and basal ganglia which allow integration and appropriate course of action

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What does the cerebellum regulate?

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movement, postural control and muscle tone
- error correcting
- compares command for intended movement transmitted to the motor cortex with the actual movement of the body

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What happens if the feedback system does not compare appropriately?

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the cerebellum gives a counteractive influence

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26
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What does the cerebellum to do modify movement?

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sends signals to the cortex

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27
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Where are basal ganglia located?

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in the cerebral cortex

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What are the main basal ganglia?

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  • caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus
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Which basal ganglia are subcortical but still part of the basal ganglia?

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subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra

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30
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What about muscle tone do the basal ganglia regulate?

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normal background muscle tone

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31
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What do the basal ganglia initate and regulate?

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intentional movement, planning and executing motor responses, facilitation of desired responses while inhibiting others, accomplish automatic movements and postural adjustments

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32
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What is strength?

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ability to generate sufficient tension in a muscle for posture and movement

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33
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What does strength result from?

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musculoskeletal properties of the muscle and neural activaiton

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34
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What is weakness?

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inability to generate normal levels of force

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35
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What kind of lesion is weakness common with?

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UMN

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36
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What is paresis?

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decreased voluntary motor unit recruitment

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37
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What does paresis cause difficult recruiting?

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motor units to generate the movement

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38
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What is paralysis?

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absence of muscle recruitment and inability to generate movement

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What should we do with the trunk to strength test?

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stabilize the trunk by testing in supine or sitting with back support

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What do we ask the patient to do first with strength testing?

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move the limb through ROM against gravity

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What are we observing the initial movement for with strength testing?

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quality of movement or any compensations (synergy)

42
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If a patient cannot perform ROM against gravity, what do we do?

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put them in a gravity eliminated position

43
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What may we need to do during AROM?

A

assist them

44
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What has good evidence for stroke patients to improve strength?

A

progressive resistance training

45
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What are the muscle grades?

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0- no contraction
1- visible muscle twitch but no movement of the joint
2- weak contraction and unable to overcome gravity
3- weak but able to overcome gravity but not able to take additional resistance
4- weak but able to overcome gravity and some resistance but not full
5- able to overcome gravity and full resistance

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What is the myotome level and action of the deltoid?

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C5
- shoulder abduction

47
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What is the myotome level and action of the biceps?

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C5, C6
- elbow. flexion

48
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What is the myotome level and action of the triceps?

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C7
- elbow extension

49
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What is the myotome level and action of the wrist extensors?

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C6, C7
- wrist extension

50
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What is the myotome level and action of the wrist flexors?

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C6, T1
- wrist flexion

51
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What is the myotome level and action of grip?

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C7, C8
- Finger flexion

52
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What is the myotome level of finger extension/abduction?

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C7, C8/C8, T1

53
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What is the myotome level and action of the hip flexors?

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L1, L2
- hip flexion

54
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What is the myotome level and action of the knee extensors?

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L3, L4
- extends knee

55
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What is the myotome level and action of the knee flexors?

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L3, L4
- flexes knee

56
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What is the myotome level and action of the ankle DFs?

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L4, L5
- dorsiflexes ankle

57
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What is the myotome level and action of the ankle PFs?

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S1
- plantarflexes ankle

58
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What is muscle tone?

A

muscles resistance to passive stretch caused by output from alpha and gamma motor neurons

59
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What is spasticity?

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VELOCITY-DEPENDENT increase in the tonic stretch reflex
- dysfunction of the corticospinal tract
- exaggeration tendon jerks from hyperexcitability of the stretch reflex
- common in UMN lesions
- can be related to abnormal posturing, excessive co-activation of muscles, associated reactions, clonus, and synergies

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What is rigidity?

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Increased resistance to passive movement but is NOT VELOCITY DEPENDENT
- due to disruption or disease of the basal ganglia

61
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What is lead pipe rigidity?

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consistent resistance to movement through the entire range

62
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What is cogwheel rigidity?

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alternating episodes throughout range, catching

63
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What is hypotonia?

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reduced stiffness of the muscle when lengthened or moved through the range

64
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What is stage 1 of motor recovery?

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flaccid paralysis: no movement is elicited

65
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What is stage 2 of motor recovery?

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Early synergy: faciliatory stimuli will elicit partial range synergies and appear in associated reactions, little voluntary movement

66
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What is stage 3 of motor recovery?

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voluntary control of the synergy movement and spasticity has further developed

67
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What is stage 4 of motor recovery?

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some isolated out-of-synergy movements emerge

68
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What is stage 5 of motor recovery?

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independence of synergy, but spasticity continues to decrease, and isolated joint movements are more apparent

69
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What is stage 6 of motor recovery?

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patterns appear near normal

70
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When can motor recovery plateau?

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at any stage

71
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What is the modified ashworth scale?

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a scale used to assess alterations in muscle tone

72
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When can muscle tone be tested?

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when the muscle is fully at rest

73
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What can tone be treated with?

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pharmacology, surgery and PT

74
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What is often overlooked during a PT screen?

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observing to bulk and involuntary movement

75
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What are the two kinds of bulk?

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hypertrophic (too much) or atrophic (muscle wasting)

76
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What are fasciculations?

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movements under the skin that are small and indicate denervation of the muscle, looks like fish jumping in the skin

77
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What are tremors?

A

rhythmic movement

78
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What is chorea?

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quick, larger piano-playing movement

79
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What is dystonia?

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slower, writhing like movement

80
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What is myoclonus?

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quick, jerky moving a joint or limb

81
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What is the type of paralysis with UMN injuries?

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What is the type of paralysis with LMN injuries?

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What is the type of atrophy with UMN injuries?

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no disuse atrophy

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What is the type of atrophy with LMN injuries?

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severe atrophy

85
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What do DTRs do with UMN injuries?

86
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What do DTRs do with LMN injuries?

87
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What kind of injury have absent pathological reflexes?

88
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What kind of injury has fasciculation and fibrillation?

89
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What does coordination involve?

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multiple joints and muscles that are activated at the appropriate time and with a certain force

90
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What should we assess with coordination?

A

timing, sequence, accuracy and movement efficiency

91
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When are coordination issues commonly seen? (which lesions)

A

motor cortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum lesion

92
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What is synergy?

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abnormal patterns of movement secondary to lack of ability to move a single joint without simultaneously generating movement in other joints

93
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What is synergy in the UE (flexion)?

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scapular retraction and elevation, shoulder abduction and ER, elbow flexion, forearm supination and wrist/finger flexion

94
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What is the most common synergy in the LE? (extension)

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  • hip extension, adduction and IR, knee extension, ankle PF and inversion, to PF
95
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What is dysmetria?

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problems judging distance or range of movement
- inability to scale forces to meet the tasks

96
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What is hypermetria?

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overestimation of the force or range of movement needed for a specific task

97
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What is hypometria?

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underestimation of the required force or range to complete a task

98
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What is dysdiadochokinesia?

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inability to perform rapid alternating movements

99
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What are some tests to assess coordination?

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  • finger to nose
  • pronation/supination
  • rebound test
  • heel to shin
100
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How do we treat coordination?

A

repetition of functional task-specific movements and WB activities

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