NMPT Introduction Flashcards
What are the stages of the patient/client management model?
examination
evaluation
diagnosis
prognosis
plan of care
What are the stages of the nagi model?
active pathology
impairment
functional limitation
disaility
_____ provides framework of assumptions.
motor control theory
___ identifies clinical intervention steps.
practice model
_____ provides a common way of thinking and communicating.
health-related function and disaility model.
____ allows development of an intervention program.
hypothesis-oriented practice
What are the s/s of meningismus?
- photophobia (intolerance of bright light)
- nausea
- HA
- vomiting
Projectile vomiting can be an indication of what?
increased ICP
What s/s with a headache are indicative of a medical emergency?
- meningismus
- projectile vomiting
- transient LOC
definition: HA assoc. with weakness, numbness, and paresthesia
migraine
definition: HA that is recurrent in the frontal and occipital lobes
tension HA
definition: HA that occurs 2-3 hours after falling asleep and is pain over one eye for about one hour.
- lacrimation
- runny nose
cluster HA
Pupil size should be about ___-__ mm in dim light.
3-5 mm
definition: dilated pupil
corectasia
definition: lateral deviation of the eye
exotropia
definition: downward deviation of the eye
hypotropia
What are the s/s of horner’s syndrome?
- ptosis that is fixed with upward gaze
- miosis (constricted pupil)
- absence of sweating (anhidrosis)
- redness on the ipsilateral side of the face
definition: constricted pupil
miosis
definition: absence of sweating
anhidrosis
Where does the optic nerve terminate?
brodhann’s area (area 17/primary visual cortex)
Visual acuity is assoc. with (central/peripheral) vision
central
visual fields are assoc with (central/peripheral) vision
peripheral
What does the trigeminal nerve innervate for its motor function?
- muscles of mastication
- anterior diagastric muscle
- mylohyoid
- tensor tympani