Readings (Day 41-50) & Lectures 12-15 Flashcards
Rigidity is ______ resistant whether fast or slow and is usually seen in _____ opposing mm groups
always
both
Structures involved in UMN lesions
Cortex, brainstem, spinal cord
If someone has:
increase tone/hypertonia
hyperreflexia/clonus/babinski
Decreased sensation
They may have a _____ lesion
UMN
If someone has:
decreased tone/hypotonia
hyporeflexia/absent reflexes
decreased sensation
twitch
weak/absent voluntary movement
They may have a ____ lesion
LMN
If someone has:
rigidity
decreased or normal reflexes
normal sensation
resting tremors
bradykinesia/akinesia/hypokinesia
They may have a lesion of ______
Basal ganglia
If someone has:
decreased or normal tone
decreased or normal reflexes
normal sensation
no involuntary movements
ataxia, intention tremor, dysdiadochokinesia, dysmetria, nystagmus
They may have a lesion of ______
Cerebellum
Stroke, MS, TBI, SCI, ALS are all examples of ______ lesions
UMN
Peripheral n injury, bells palsy, GBS, and ALS are all examples of _____ lesions
LMN
tremor that you have while in movement
intention tremor
rapid alternating movements are difficult
dysdiadochokinesia
over or undershooting movements
dysmetria
A PT informs a SPT that the pt they will be treating today has LMN signs. Presence of which of the following should be expected by the SPT?
A. Positive babinski, presence of spasticity and foot drop
B. Neg babinski, dec in mm tone and sensations
C. Increase in mm tone and no change in sensation, presence of resting tremor
D. Presence of intentional tremors and nystagmus
B
Progressive neurological disorder caused by depletion of dopamine in substantia nigra
males>female
Parkinson’s disease
Cardinal signs of PD:
TRAP
Tremor (resting)
Rigidity
Akinesia
Postural instability
T or F: With PD, proximal rigidity is greater than distal rigidity
T
Type of rigidity that is smooth and consistent
lead-pipe rigidity
Type of rigidity that is ratchet-like
cogwheel rigidity
If moving into elbow extension and you feel spasticity, is the biceps or triceps the spastic muscle?
biceps, bc it is causing the resistance into extension
Hoehn and Yahr Classification
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
Stage 5:
Stage 1: Minimal, UL
Stage 2: BL, balance ok
Stage 3: Impaired righting reflexes, impaired balance, live independently
Stage 4: standing & walking only possible w assistance
Stage 5: Confined to bed/wheelchair
start writing big but gets smaller as go on
microphagia
sudden inability to initiate movement while walking
freezing of gait
Things to help with freezing gait
drop tissue, music, wide doorways/modify environment, metronomes
Short stride, shuffling, increasing speed, anteropulsive gait
festinating gait
Ways to help festinating gait
toe wedge or declined heel to move COM posteriorly
big movements
posture training