Neuro Flashcards
CNS
Responsible for processing and storing sensory and motor information and for controlling consciousness
PNS
Responsible for transmitting sensory and motor impulses back and forth between the CNS and rest of body
Neuroplasticity
Refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses dur to changes in behavior, environment, neural processes, thinking, emotions, as well as changes resulting from bodily injury
Aerobic capacity and endurance
Vital signs at rest with activity
Arousal, attention, and cognition
Mental status, learning ability, memory, and motiviation
Assistive and adaptive devices
Safety
Community
Leisure and work integration
Gait
Locomotion and balance, static/dynamic balance
Motor function
Dexterity and coordination, postural equilibrium, and righting reactions, gross and fine motor skills
PT intervention
Energy conservation techniques - normalization of tone - balance activities - gait training - core stabilization - adaptive/assistive device training - edu
Hemiplegic
Half of bod
Paraplegic
Two limbs
Quadriplegic
Four limbs out
Parkinson’s
Chronic degenerative disease of CNS
- 50 yo+
- etiology is unknown
- no cure
- bradykinesia - rigidity - speech changes - stooped - tremors - shuffling - lose reciprocal arm movements
multiple sclerosis
- degenerative disease
- can last 20+ years
- slow debilitating disease
- Affects brain and spinal cord
- fatigues easily, hard to recover from exercise
- visual - praesthesias/sensory changes - clumsiness - weakness - ataxia - balance - fatigue - bowel / bladder
Cerebro vascular accident
- interruption of cerebral circulation that results in destruction of surrounding brain tissue and neurological deficits
- the infarction slowly progresses over 1-2 days
- middle cerebral artery
Ischemic stroke
- thrombus
- embolus
- lacunae (artery damage with recovery_
Hemorrhagic stroke
- intracerebral
- subdural
- subarachnoid
Traumatice brain injury
- varying deficits in motor and sensory capabilities, cognitive, and intellectual functions
- includes emotional and psychological dysfunctions
Muscle tone
- hypotonia v hypertonia
- can be evident at rest, during activities, or in both conditions
Sensation
Ability to receive sensory input within and outside the body and transmit it through the peripheral nerves
- essential for movement is visual, vestibular, tactile, and proprioceptive in nature
Perception
Ability to integrate various sensory inputs and respond appropriately
