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Week 8 Flashcards

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What are the five main musculoskeletal changes of aging?

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  • Decreased height
  • Decreased body mass
  • Decreased joint cartilage
  • Increased time for muscle contraction/relaxation
  • Stiffening of thoracic cage, joints, and ligaments
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What two factors contribute to increased time for muscle contraction and relaxation due to aging?

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  • Slower messaging in nerves

- Stiffened ligaments and joints

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What is a major implications of the stiffening of the thoracic cage?

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reduced pulmonary function

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What are the three most common musculoskeletal disorders in OAs

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  • Osteoporosis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
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What is osteoporosis?

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Low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of the bone resulting in increased fragility and increased risk of fractures

  • More common in women
  • An imbalance of bone building/takedown
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What are some contributing factors of osteoporosis?

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  • Reduced estrogen in women
  • Wear and tear degeneration of bones
  • reduced weight bearing activity
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What medications can be used to treat osteoporosis?

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  • Biphosphonates (bone resorption inhibitor)
  • -Alendronate
  • Hormones: Hypocalcemic
  • -calcitonin
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What is osteoarthritis?

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Non-inflammatory degenerative joint disease where the cartilage thins in heavily used joints (Hips, hands, knees, spine)
-Wear and tare disease

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9
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What is the number one drug for osteoarthritis?

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Acetaminophen

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What types of drugs are used for osteoarthritis?

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  • NSAIDS
  • COX-2 inhibitor
  • Steroids
  • Glucosamine Condroitin Sulfate
  • Injected artificial joint fluid
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What is the number one complaint in osteoarthritis

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joint pain

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What non-medicinal treatments can be used for osteoarthritis?

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  • Heat or cold
  • Balanced activity
  • Lose weight
  • Walking
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What is Rheumatoid arthritis?

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a Chronic autoimmune disease what causes inflammation in the joints
-Leads to destroyed joints and bones

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What type of medications are used to tread Rheumatoid Arthritis?

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  • DMARD’s (Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs)
  • –Methotrexate
  • Also some NSAIDS and Corticosterioids
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What are the primary aging changes to the neurological system?

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  • Decreased neurons, brain size, cerebral blood flow, sensori-motor processing
  • Slower peripheral nerve conduction
  • No regeneration of neurons
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What are the two common neurological disorders?

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Parkinson’s and CVA

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What is Parkinson’s?

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A neurological degenerative disease caused by a decline in dopamine

18
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What are some signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

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  • Tremors
  • Bradykinesia
  • Rigid muscles (Mask face)
  • Impaired posture
  • Loss of automatic movements
  • speech changes
  • Dementia
19
Q

What type of medication is used to treat Parkinson’s?

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Dopamine Agonists

-They stimulate dopamine receptors

20
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What problems are associated with Parkinson’s?

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  • Depression
  • Sleeping Problems
  • Difficulty Chewing and Swallowing
  • Urinary incontinence or urine retention
  • Constipation
  • Sexual dysfunction
21
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What is a CVA?

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Cerebrovascular accident

22
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What are the two types of CVA?

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Ischemic stroke (80%) and Hemorrhagic stroke

23
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What are the clinical manifestations of a CVA

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  • Paralysis or loss of movement
  • Difficulty talking or swallowing
  • Memory loss or confusion
  • Pain
24
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What are the signs specific to Thrombotic strokes?

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  • Facial droop
  • Slurred speech
  • Paralysis on one side of the body
25
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What is Aphasia?

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cant talk

26
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What is disphagia?

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Difficulty swallowing

27
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What is global aphasia?

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Nothing is understood, inability to communicate verbally

28
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What does TIA stand for?

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Transient Ischemic Attack

29
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What should be done the moment you suspect a CVA?

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Have the patient chew 325mg of aspirin

30
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What are the three main medications given for CVA’s?

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  • Salicylate
  • Thrombolytics, plasminogen activator
  • Antiplatelet agents, platelet aggregation inhibitors
31
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What is expressive aphasia?

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Difficulty speaking, faulty grammar

32
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What is Apraxia?

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Misuse of words

33
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What is Amaurosis fugax

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Fleeting blindness(usually mono-ocular associated with TIA)

34
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What is Agnosia?

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Inability to recognize common objects

35
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What is Dysarthria?

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Problems with articulation, slurred speech

36
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What is Hemiplegia?

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Paralysis on one side of the body

37
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What is Hemianopsia

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Defective vision, visual field, or blindness on one side

38
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What is right or left neglect?

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Distortion of perception of depth, vertical, and horizontal orientation

39
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What is Hemispatial neglect?

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Failure to report, respond, or orient to novel stimuli presented to the side of the body opposite of the brain lesion

40
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What is Spasticity?

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Uncontrolled muscle contractions

41
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What is Ataxia?

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Inability to coordinate movements, staggering gait, postural imbalance

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