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Neurology - Part 1 Flashcards

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Somatosensory Pathway

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Spinal Cord to Brain (Afferent)

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Motor Pathway

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Brain to Spinal Cord (Efferent)

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Subgroups of Neuromuscular Conditions

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  • Non-progressive disorders of the CNS: Congenital or acquired in infancy/childhood (Autism, Epilepsy, Spina Bifida, Down’s Syndrome, Meningitis, Cerbral Palsy
  • Non-progressive disorder of CNS: Acquired in adolescence or adulthood (TBI, meningitis, CVA, concussion, asphyxia
  • Progressive disorders of the CNS (Alzheimer’s disease, MS, ALS, Parkinson’s)
  • Spinal Cord Injury (Trauma or Tumor)
  • Peripheral Cord Injury (Brachial plexus lesion, CTS, Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome)
  • Acute or Chronic Polyneuropathies (Diabetes, alcoholism, Guillain-Barre Syndrome)
  • Coma or near coma state
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Who do you observe?

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Providers, patients, etc.

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What will you look for?

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  • Having symptoms they haven’t told you or think they should tell you
  • How they respond to the conversation
  • Attitude
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How do conversations contribute to clinical decision making?

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Guide Priority List

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What is cruical for pediatric observation?

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How children interact with the environment

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Who do you prioritize a global observation for?

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EVERY PATIENT

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Dysarthria

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Speech difficulties from impaired motor control

  • Injury to tongue, palate, lips or pharaynx
  • Lesion of motor nerve PNS or CNS
  • Disease process of CNS
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Dysarthria

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Speech difficulties from impaired motor control

  • Injury to tongue, palate, lips or pharaynx
  • Lesion of motor nerve PNS or CNS
  • Disease process of CNS
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Dysphonia

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Difficulties in voice production volume, pitch, quality

  • May be due to inflammation or tumor or larynx
  • Vagus nerve damage to larynx
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Dysphagia

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Difficulties with swallowing

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Aphasia

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Cognitive, nerological disorder that results in diffculty or inability to produce or understand language

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Receptive aphasia

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Difficulty understanding

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Expressive aphasia

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Difficulty talking/expressing

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Global aphasia

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Both receptive and expressive

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How can you test the ability to participate and react?

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  • Understanding of questions
  • Word Comprehsnsion (one step command)
  • Repetition
  • Naming
  • Writing
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Communication Assessment

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Priority
- If diagnosis is known to cause communicarion problems
- Patient has diffuculty answering interview

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What is cognition?

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Conscious awareness of brain activity
-Includes attention, speed of processing, working memory, learning, adaptibility, problem solving

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What is alertness?

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State of active attention
Indluences by illness, medications, fatigue, emotions

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Decordicate rigidity

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Arms to core

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Decerebrate rigidity

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Arms back

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Working memory

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immediate recall and processing

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Short-term memory

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Long-term memory

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Stored memories

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Anterograde amnesia

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Difficulty recalling events that occur after the trauma

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Retrograde amnesia

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Loss of memories from before the trauma

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Cognition Assessment

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Priority
- Diasnosis is known cause of communication problems
- Patient has difficulty answering interview questions

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What if your patient has a psychological disorder?

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-Normalize
-Address symptoms that may influence care
-Refer to the appropriate provider
-Provide resources available

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What if your patient has a psychological disorder?

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-Normalize
-Address symptoms that may influence care
-Refer to the appropriate provider
-Provide resources available

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Emotional and Psychological Factors

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Priority
-Informal assessment begins at interview/observation
-Variable to the degree it will interfere
-Chronic Pain
-Life altering conditions
-Depression screening questions

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What does the doral root carry?

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Sensory Fibers

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What does the ventral root carry?

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Motor Fibers

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What is distal to spinal nerve roots?

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Branches -> Cords -> Divisions -> Trunks -> Roots

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Somatosensory Assessment

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Priority
- Symptoms of nervous system involvement
- Those at risk for a condition that impairs distal extremity sensation
- Suspected nerve root level

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Upper Motor Neurons (UMN)

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  • Affects spinal cord or brain
  • Traumatic or disease process
  • Common conditions: TBI, Stroke, SCI, MS
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Lower Motor Neurons (LMN)

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  • Involves peripheral nerves
  • Traumatic nerve or disease process
  • Common conditons: Disc Bulge, Sciatica
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Spinal Nerve Root Testing

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Priority
-Use when symptoms suggest nerve root pathology
-Differential between nerve root and peripheral nerve

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What is a reflex?

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  • An action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought
  • Protects from harm
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Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTR)

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Afferent nerve has direct connection with muscles spindle in target muscle

Quick stretch tendon (stretch reflex) stimulates muscle spindle

No specific DTR for each spinal level

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How are DTRs assessed?

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Grading
0 = No reflex
1+ = minimal or depressed response
2+ normal response
3+ overly brisk response
4+ brisk response with clonus
(IF 1+ and 3+ are bilateral may not indicate pathology)

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Hypotonic DTRs

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  • Injury or compression along the nerve pathway, including the nerve root
  • Prohibits transfer of the reflex message, either incoming or outgoing
  • If interruption of pathway, DTR will be diminished
  • If only one nerve root is involved, DTR might be present but diminished
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Hypertopic DTRs

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  • CNS pathology
  • DTRs are influences by the descending motor pathways
  • Corticospinal tract messages tend to inhibit the synaptix response
  • Any point superior to the tract may inhibit modulation
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When should you perform a Deep Tendon Reflex Assessment?

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Symptoms of CNS or PNS dysfunction

Suspected disease of CNS

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What is required for coordinated, volitional movement?

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Adequate joint ROM

Strength

Intact neural pathway

Adequate cognitive processing to carry out the motion

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Role of Cerebellum

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Movement synergies – does not cause movement but influences quality

Maintenance of upright posture

Maintenance of muscle tone

Receives sensory input from spinal cord and brain

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Types of Cerebellar Dysfunction

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  • Ataxia
  • Dysdiadocokinesia
  • Intention Tremor
  • Postural Tremor
  • Hypotonia
  • Dysarthria
  • Deviations in eye control
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Ataxia

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Without coordination; lack smooth trajectory and fine motor

Ex: Not normal heel to toe; odd rocking of foot

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Dysdiadochokinesia

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Inability to produce rapid alternating movement

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Intention Tremor

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Tremor increases as the limb reaches the target

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Postural Tremor

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Induced by intentionally maintained head or trunk posture or holding a limb in front of body

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Hypotonia

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Overall decrease in resting muscle tone

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Dysarthria

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Poor word formation because inability to coordinate muscles and structures of speech

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Deviations in eye control

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Lack of smooth pursuit, saccades, delayed initiation of eye movement

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Coordination Testing - Priority

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Known or suspected lesions in CNS that may affect cerebellar function

Observed uncoordinated movement or gait abnormalities

Difficulty manipulating small objects

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Upper Motor Neuron Conditions: POTENTIAL FINDINGS

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  • Cognitive Deficits
  • Weakness
  • Balance Deficits
  • Coordination Deficits
  • “Global” Somatosensory deficits (spinothalamic and/or posterior columns)
  • CN Involvement
  • Hypo or Hypotonia (spasticity)
  • Hyperreflexia
  • +UMN testing
  • Clonus
  • Babinski and/or Hoffman
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Lower Motor Neuron Conditions: POTENTIAL FINDINGS

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  • Pain and/or numbness and tingling along nerve distribution
  • Weakness
  • Hypotonia
  • Pattern “Somatosensory deficits” (along peripheral N or dermatome)
  • Hyporeflexia
  • Negative UMN testing

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