Week 7

Question 1

Four commonly used oral medications for spasticity?

Answer 1

baclofen
dantrolene sodium
tizanidine
diazepam

Question 2

2 spasticity meds that cannot be discontinued due to seizure risk?

Answer 2

diazepam

baclofen

Question 3

ataxia

Answer 3

Delayed initiation of movement responses, errors in range and force of movement, and errors in the rate of regularity of movement.

Ataxic gait: staggering wide base with no arm movement

Question 4

Dysdiadokinesis

Answer 4

Inability to perform rapidly alternating movements

Question 5

Dysmetria

Answer 5

Inability to estimate range of motion needed to reach the target

Question 6

Dyssnergia/Asynergia

Answer 6

Decomposition of movement in which voluntary movements are broken up into the ir component parts and appear jerky

One of the main clinical signs of cerebellar dysfunction

Question 7

Athetoid movements

Answer 7

Continuous slow writhing arrhythmic movements that primarily effect the distal portion of the extremities

Question 8

Ballism

Answer 8

Continuous abrupt contractions of the axial and proximal musculature of the extremity