Unit 2 - Flash Cards
Condition caused by a disorder of blood vessels serving the brain, with impaired blood supply & ischemia
Stroke/CVA (Cerebro Vascular Accident)
Learning new actions as a result of experience & practice which creates permanent changes in behaviour
Motor Learning
Progressive (genetic) neurodegenerative disorder characterized by abnormal body movements called chorea
Huntington’s Chorea
A rehab team of health care professionals with different education & experience working together towards a common goal of helping a client progress & rehabilitate after injury
Interdisciplinary Team
“Returning capability of the individual to perform a task using mechanisms previously used’
Recovery
A rehabilitation physician
Physiatrist
A problem solving approach to the assessment & treatment of individuals with disturbances of tone, movement & function due to lesion in the CNS
Bobath
Most common cause of dementia; a degenerative disease.
Alzheimer’s
Another name for Lou Gehrig’s disease
ALS
Diminished blood flow through the brain, stroke like symptoms which usually last between 24-48 hours
TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)
The way in which motor abilities emerge and are achieved
Motor Development
Method of retraining the movement system using repetitive practice of functional tasks in an attempt to reestablish the individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living
Functional Training Approach
New cell growth
synaptogenesis
Brain injury occurring after birth; can be as a result of trauma or not
Acquired Brain Injury
Achieving movement through an alternative process than before due to age related changes or injury
Compensatory
The study of the control of movement & posture already acquired
Motor Control
The most caudal segment with intact motor & sensory function is the level of the SC injury
Neurological Level
The brain’s ability to adapt & use cellular adaptations to learn or relearn functions previously lost due to cellular death by trauma or disease at any age
Neuro-Plasticity
Progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by: bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremor
Parkinson’s Disease
A mild brain injury with potentially serious implications
Concussion
Progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from CNS dymyelination
MS
Atypical approaches to meeting the requirements of the task using alternative mechanism not typically used
Compensation
