Neuromuscular PT Flashcards
1) Primitive reflex: head dropping into extension suddenly for a few inches causes arms to abduct with the fingers open followed by crossing the trunk into adduction and crying 2) normal age of response
1) Moro reflex
2) 28 weeks gestation to 5 months
ASIA scale level marked by normal sensory and motor function
E
Inability to control range of movement and the force of muscular activity
Dysmetria
Descending motor tract for gross postural tone, flexor muscle facilitation and extensor muscle inhibition
Rubrospinal tract
Meninges and dural spaces from innermost to outermost (and special notes on select ones)
Pia mater (SN: forms choroid plexus in ventricles) –> subarachnoid space (SN: contains CSF and cerebral circulatory system) –> arachnoid matter –> subdural space –> dura mater –> epidural space
As extremity reaches point of limitation, pt performs a maximal antagonistic contraction while PT resists movement 8-10 seconds. Relax. Move to and repeat in new end range; Reason to perform
Contract-relax; increase ROM
the forebrain (prosencephalon) consists of the
telencephalon (cerebrum, hippocampus, basal ganglia, amygdala) and diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus, subthalamus, and epithalamus)
Functional outcomes for paraplegia (T1 or lower) injuries include
Independent in bed mobility, transfers, W/C management on even surface, ROM/positioning, Mod I for weight shift
the midbrain (mesencephalon) consists of the
tectum (superior and inferior collici) and tegmentum (cerebral aqueduct, periaqueductal grey matter, reticular formation, substantia nigra, red nucleus)
Developmental milestones: main ones at 1) 2-3 months, 2) 4-5 months, 3) 6-7 months, 4) 8-9 months, 5) 10-11 months
6) 12-15 months, 7) 16-24 months, 8) 2 years
1) rolls prone to supine
2) brief sitting, supported standing
3) independent sitting
4) hands-knees position, pivoting in sitting, pulls to stand and cruises
5) brief unsupported standing, creeping, walks with hand support
6) walks without support and sideways, creeps upstairs, throws in sitting
7) squats, walks backwards and upstairs/downstairs with rail in step to gait,
8) rides tricycle, walks downstairs alternating feet
Challange the somatosensory component of balance by having a patient
stand on an altered surface (foam or pillow)
Brunnstrom stage marked by isolated joint movements performed with coordination
Stage 6
Ascending sensory tract for pain and temperature
Lateral spinothalamic tract
Nerve innervating short head of biceps femoris
common peroneal branch of sciatic nerve
Brunnstrom stage marked by further decrease in spasticity and independence from limb synergy
Stage 5
Cranial mixed nerve for touch and pain of posterior tongue and pharanx, taste of posterior tongue, parotid gland function, and muscle movelent of pharanx (gagging, swallowing)
CN IX: glosopharyngeal
Sensory ascending tract for ipsilateral proprioception, muscle tension and joint sense, and posture in trunk and LEs
Dorsal Spinocerebellar tract
Using slow reversals with an added isometric contraction at the end of each movement to gain stability
Slow reversal holds
Test 1 by having pt perceive weight of different objects in the hand, 2 by squeezing the calf or forearm, and 3 by having pt. describe the extend or direction of the movement of one of the limbs.
1) Barognosis
2) deep pain
3) kinesthesia
PNF pattern D1 extension UE
putting the seat belt into the clip
Brunnstrom stage marked by decreasing spasticity and movement that is not dictated solely by synergy
Stage 4
Nerve innervating piriformis, superior and inferior gemelli, obturator internus, quadratus femoris
sacral plexus
The sensory level of spinal cord injury is determined by the most 1 dermatome with a 2 for pinprick and light touch
1) caudal (lowest)
2) normal (2/2)
Cranial mixed nerve for taste of anterior tongue, voluntary facial movement, glandular function
CN VII: facial