Neurological stories

Question 1

Tear drop fracture

Answer 1

A piece of vertebra breaks of on anterior side

Question 2

Which part of the spine do the majority of sport-related SCIs occur?

Answer 2

Cervical

Question 3

Dorsal roots are responsible for what kind of information

Answer 3

Sensory

Question 4

Ventral roots are responsible for what kind of information

Answer 4

Motor

Question 5

cervical cord neurpraxia (CCN)

Answer 5

Spinal cord is stretched, but not folly disrupted (transient(). At first, the person may be unable to feel parts of their body, but the symptoms will resolve within 48 hours. May be referred to as a spinal cord concussion

Question 6

Axontmesis

Answer 6

Up to 3 months for symptoms to resolve. Discontinuity in axon, therefore messages cannot be transmitted.

Question 7

Neurotmesis

Answer 7

1 or more year to recover, but still possible.

Question 8

MOIs for brachial plexus injury

Answer 8

-traction (stretching)
-compression
-direct bloe

Question 9

Brachial plexus neuropraxia

Answer 9

-layperson terminology = burner/stinger
-altered sensation, numbness, weakness
-decrease in cervical ROM
-most return to sport within 24 hours

Question 10

Testing

Answer 10

-dermatologist analysis for skin - drag a sharp object across skin to check for feeling and differentiation

Question 11

Mapping

Answer 11

5,6,7,8 1 ‘dances” for fingers and hand, then arm and wrists