Physical rehabilitation for Functional Neurological Disorder- 1 Flashcards

1
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What does FND stand for?

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Functional Neurological Disorder

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What does FMD stand for?

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Functional Movement/Motor Disorder

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3
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What FND used to describe?

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-Used to describe when there is a problem with the function of the nervous system while the structure nervous system is still intact

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4
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What does DSM 5 and ICD 11 stand for?

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  • Conversion Disorder

- Dissociative Neurological Symptom Disorder

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5
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How are FND usually described?

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-Using their phenomenology

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What are the 4 phenomenological symptoms?

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  • Motor
  • Sensory
  • Functional
  • Cognitive
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What are examples of motor symptoms?

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-Tremors, weakness

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What are examples of sensory symptoms?

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  • Somatosensation- numbness or complete absence of sensation
  • Persistent Perceptual Postural Dizziness
  • Visual symptoms- functional blindness
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What are functional seizures also known as?

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-dissociative seizures / non-epileptic attacks

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What are typical presentations of FMD?

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▪ Weakness/paralysis 
▪ Tremor
▪ Gait Disturbance
▪ Jerks
▪ Dystonia
▪ Fixed Dystonia
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What is the criteria for stroke?

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  • Facial asymmetry
  • Arm weakness
  • Speech problems
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What is facial asymmetry due to in stroke?

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  • Due to hypertonia
  • Loss of muscle tone
  • Weakness in facial muscle
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13
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Most patients have a combination of neurological and what functional systems?

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  • fatigue
  • persistent pain bladder
  • bowel problems
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What is the epidemiology of FND?

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  • Incidence of FND 4-12 per 100,000 per year
  • Prevalence approx. 50 per 100,000
  • 60-75% female
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What is prognosis of FND?

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  • Poor
  • 40% same or worse at 7 years follow up
  • Most patients remain symptomatic
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16
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What about FND is unknown?

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-The impact of appropriate treatment on prognosis is unknown

17
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What is FMD?

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  • Disorder of sensorimotor processing

- Top-down expectations distort bottom-up somatosensory experiences

18
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What is FMD facilitated by?

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-Facilitated by excessive attention directed towards the body

19
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What do functional motor symptoms require to manifest?

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-Attention

20
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What drive functional symptoms?

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-Expectations

21
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What are the biological risk factors?

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  • History of illness
  • Disease
  • Hypermobility
22
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What are the psychological risk factors?

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  • Adverse life events
  • Personality traits
  • Emotional disorder
23
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What are the social risk factors?

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  • Neglect
  • Family dynamics
  • Illness models
24
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What are the biological triggering factors?

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  • Injury or illness

- Physiological event

25
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What are the psychological triggering factors?

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  • Acute panic attack

- Dissociative episode

26
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What are the social triggering factors?

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  • Live events

- Social stressors

27
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What are the biological maintaining factors?

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  • Neuroplasticity
  • Deconditioning
  • Neuroendocrine & immune changes
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What are the psychological maintaining factors?

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  • Illness beliefs
  • Avoidance behaviour
  • Fear / anxiety
29
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What are the social maintaining factors?

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  • Financial pressures
  • Employment issues
  • Excessive support
30
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What are the five Multidisciplinary care units in the UK?

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  • Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
  • Psychology
  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Speech & Language Therapy
31
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What are some of the outcomes of Multidisciplinary rehab?

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  • Patients reported significant benfit that lasts up to a year
  • Many patients still symptomatic
32
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What the 6 components of physical rehab?

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▪ Education
▪ Movement retraining
▪ Address secondary problems e.g. pain, fatigue, etc
▪ Self management
▪ Vocational rehabilitation
▪ Follow up
33
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What are some of the outcomes of physical rehab?

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  • Proportion with a “good” outcome 55 – 70%
  • Moderate to large effect size
  • Scores of mental health often do not change
  • Cost effective
  • Benefits sustained at follow up (1-2 years)
34
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What model does CBT utilise?

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  • Use the model that involves an understanding of the thoughts, behaviour, bodily sensations and emotions in order to help patients understand their condition
35
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What are some examples of experimental treatments?

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  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Biofeedback / EMG Biofeedback
  • Hypnosis
  • Therapeutic Sedation
  • Virtual Reality
36
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What is the purpose of movement and posture retraining?

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  • To address maladaptive habitual postures

- To retrain movement patterns / tasks