Sensation Flashcards
Describe Superficial Sensation
- Temperature
- Light touch
- Pain
Describe Deep Sensation
- Proprioception
- Kinesthesia
- Vibration
Describe cortical sensation.
- Bilateral simultaneously stimulation
- Sterognosis
- Two-point discrimination
- Barognosis
- Localization of touch
Barognosis
Perceive the weight of different objects in the hand
Deep pain
Squeeze the forearm or calf muscle
Graphesthesia
Identify a number or letter drawn on the skin without visual input
Kinesthesia
Identify direction and extent of movement of a joint or body part
Light touch
Perceive touch through light pressure or use of a cotton ball
Localization
Ability to identify the exact location of light touch on the body using a verbal response or gesturing
Proprioception
Identify a static position of an extremity or body part
Stereognosis
Identify a static position of an extremity or body part
Superficial pain
Perceive noxious stimulus using a pen cap, paper clip end or pin
Temperature
Perceive warm and cold test uses
Two-point discrimination
Using a two-point caliper on the skin, Identify one or tow points without visula input
Vibration
Perceive vibration or pain through a tuning fork
For the vibration test use a __________ tuning fork
128 Hz
What bony prominences should be tested during the vibration test?
Test bony prominence proximally including the wrist, elbow, SPs, clavicles, medial malleolus, pateall, ASIS
Allodynia
Sensation of pain in response to a stimulus that would not typically produce pain
Analgesia
The absence of pain while remaining conscious
Anesthesia
The absence of touch sensation
Causalgia
Constant, relentless, burning hyperesthesia and hyperalgesia that develops after a peripheral nerve injury
Dysesthesia
Distortion of any of the senses, especially the sense of touch
Hyperesthesia
Heightened sensation
Hyperpathia
An extreme exaggerated response to pain
Hypesthesia
A diminished sensation of touch
Neuralgia
Severe an multiple shock-like pains that radia from a specific nerve distribution
Pallanesthesia
Loss of vibration sensation
Paresthesia
Abnormal sensation such as tingling, pins and needles or burning sensations
