Week 3 Body Schema and Body Image Disorders

Question 1

what is unilateral neglect

Answer 1

inability to perceive and integrate stimuli and perceptions from one side of the body

Question 2

unilateral neglect usually involves which side and damage where

Answer 2

left side, and damage to the right parietal cortex.

Question 3

if you have a right hemisphere lesion, how much left neglect is there

Answer 3

severe,

Question 4

if you have a left hemisphere lesion, how much neglect is there

Answer 4

minimal right sided neglect.

Question 5

how do you manage unilateral neglect

Answer 5

increase stimulation to the side of the brain that is neglected, and do bilateral movements in WB
also force them to use neglected side
compensate with visual cueing.
verbal cueing and adapting to the environment (put TV on the neglected side of the chair)

Question 6

what is somatagnosia

Answer 6

lack of awareness of body structure and failure to recognize how parts relate to each other and the whole body. can’t ID any part of ones body, or another body

Question 7

how is somatoagnosia managed

Answer 7

provide tactile input, ID body parts, do bilateral activities.

Question 8

what is right and left disorientation and what part of the brain is damaged

Answer 8

inability to distinguish between the right and left

damage to parietal lobe at angular gyrus

Question 9

right and left disorientation is a neurophysiological process that requires what higher functions?

Answer 9

visuospatial processing
memory
language
integration of sensory information

Question 10

right and left disorientation is a component of what

Answer 10

Gerstmann’s syndrome .

Question 11

what are the 4 components of Gerstmann’s syndrome

Answer 11

dysgraphia
dyscalculia
finger agnosia
right and left disorientation

Question 12

what is anosognosia

Answer 12

inability to recognize or refusal to accept the pretense of severity of ones own paralysis. denial.

Question 13

how do we manage anosognosia

Answer 13

its hard, and they will refuse a lot

Question 14

what are spatial relations disorders

Answer 14

inability to appropriately discriminate the body in relation to two or more objects or directions, inability to detect relationship of object or self to objects in space

Question 15

what is figure ground discrimination

Answer 15

inability to visually distinguish an object from the background in which it exists or locate an object that is not prominent in the visual array (see things on a cluttered bed, or body shirt)

Question 16

how do we manage figure ground discrimination

Answer 16

compensation with visual scanning, amplify stimulus and simply or adapt the environments, repeated practice

Question 17

what is topographical discrimination

Answer 17

inability to perceive the concepts of up down in and out and in from and hard time ID landmarks. can’t get around well

Question 18

how to we manage topographical discrimination

Answer 18

practice, land maps, mark routes with dots.

Question 19

what are depth and distance perception things

Answer 19

inability to perceive and judge direction, distance and depth. can’t tell if the cup is full

Question 20

how do we manage distance and depth perception

Answer 20

specialized glasses, practice and adapt the environment (like taping steps to see them better)

Question 21

what is vertical disorientation

Answer 21

do not know what vertical is.

Question 22

neglect is fairly common in people with…

Answer 22

stroke or brain injury

Question 23

treatment for body schema disorders is a combination of…

Answer 23

remediation and compensation

Question 24

TF: body schema dysfunctions impact function, independence, mobility and ADLs?

Answer 24

true