Neuro

Question 1

CNS

Answer 1

Responsible for processing and storing sensory and motor information and for controlling consciousness

Question 2

PNS

Answer 2

Responsible for transmitting sensory and motor impulses back and forth between the CNS and rest of body

Question 3

Neuroplasticity

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Aerobic capacity and endurance

Answer 4

Vital signs at rest with activity

Question 5

Arousal, attention, and cognition

Answer 5

Mental status, learning ability, memory, and motiviation

Question 6

Assistive and adaptive devices

Answer 6

Safety

Question 7

Community

Answer 7

Leisure and work integration

Question 8

Gait

Answer 8

Locomotion and balance, static/dynamic balance

Question 9

Motor function

Answer 9

Dexterity and coordination, postural equilibrium, and righting reactions, gross and fine motor skills

Question 10

PT intervention

Answer 10

Energy conservation techniques - normalization of tone - balance activities - gait training - core stabilization - adaptive/assistive device training - edu

Question 11

Hemiplegic

Answer 11

Half of bod

Question 12

Paraplegic

Answer 12

Two limbs

Question 13

Quadriplegic

Answer 13

Four limbs out

Question 14

Parkinson’s

Answer 14

Chronic degenerative disease of CNS

• 50 yo+
• etiology is unknown
• no cure
• bradykinesia - rigidity - speech changes - stooped - tremors - shuffling - lose reciprocal arm movements

Question 15

multiple sclerosis

Answer 15

• 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

Question 16

Cerebro vascular accident

Answer 16

• 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

Question 17

Ischemic stroke

Answer 17

• thrombus
• embolus
• lacunae (artery damage with recovery_

Question 18

Hemorrhagic stroke

Answer 18

• intracerebral
• subdural
• subarachnoid

Question 19

Traumatice brain injury

Answer 19

• varying deficits in motor and sensory capabilities, cognitive, and intellectual functions
• includes emotional and psychological dysfunctions

Question 20

Muscle tone

Answer 20

• hypotonia v hypertonia

- can be evident at rest, during activities, or in both conditions

Question 21

Sensation

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Perception

Answer 22

Ability to integrate various sensory inputs and respond appropriately