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Neuromuscular PTA Review

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Somatosensory Input for Balance   Receptors located in joint, mm's ligaments and skin provide proprioceptive input about length, tension, pressure, pain and joint position; proprioceptive and tactile info from ankles, knees, hips and neck send balance info to brain  
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Somatosensory Input for Balance - Testing   Examination of pressure and vibration; observing pt when changing the surface they are standing on  
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Visual Input for Balance   Visual cues provide for perceptual acuity of verticality, motion of objects & self; environmental orientation; postural sway and head/neck movement; Children rely on it heavily  
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Visual Input for Balance - Testing   Examine quiet standing with eyes open; observe balance strategies to maintain COG with and without visual input; assessment of potential visual problems in neccessary  
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Hemianopsia   Loss of vision on in half the field of vision or 1 or both eyes  
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Pursuits   Allows our eyes to smoothly follow moving targets  
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Saccades   Rapid movement of the eyes between fixation points; voluntary directing of gaze  
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Gaze Control   Controlled by 4 systems: Saccade, pursuit, nystagmus (optokinetic system) and vestibulo-ocular reflex system  
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Acuity   Sharpness of vision  
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Vestibular Input for Balance   Provides CNS feedback of position/movement of head in relation to gravity; labyrinth includes 3 semicircle canals (monitors fluid movement) and 2 otolith organs (measure effects of gravity and movement with regards to acceleration and deceleration;  
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Vestibular Input for Balance - Testing   Examine balance with head movement; many types of assessments  
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Dix-Haulpike Maneuver   AKA Nylen Barany test; determines whether vertigo is connected to certain head movements, which ear is affected and whether it is inner ear/nerve (peripheral) or the brain (Central); tests for otoconia  
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Bithermal Caloric Testing   To test for virtigo, dizziness or hearing loss associated with an antibiotic; cold and/or warm water into ear canal should cause nystagmus; abnormal means there is damage to acoustic nerve, balance sensors of the inner ear or brain  
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Head Thrust Sign   AKA Head Impulse Test; tests vestibule ocular reflex; normal detection of head movement allows eyes to rapidly adjust; this will test that; see slides  
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Vestibulo-ocular Reflex (VOR)   Allows for head/eye movement coordination; supports gaze stabilization through counter head movement  
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Vestibulospinal Reflex (VSR)   Stabilizes body and controls movement while head is moving and trunk is coordinated during up right posture  
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Automatic Postural Strategies   Automatic motor responses used to maintain COG over BOS; ankle, hip, suspensory and stepping  
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Ankle Strategy   elicited by small range, slow velocity movement; distal to proximal mm contractions  
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Hip Strategy   elicited by greater force, challenge or perturbation through hips/pelvis; hips move in opposite direction of head; proximal to distal mm contractions  
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Suspensory Strategy   lowering COG for better control; used when both mobility and stability are required to complete a task  
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Stepping Strategy   Elicited in response to unexpected challenges and perturbations and when COG is outside BOS; LE steps and/or UE's reach to regain COG over BOS  
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Berg Balance Scale   14 tasks score 0-4 each; Max score is 56; 41-56 =low fall risk, 21-40 medium fall risk, 0-20 high fall risk; can be used 1 time or in succession  
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Fugl-Meyer Sensory-motor Assessment of Balance Performance Battery   Stroke specific performance based impairment index; 7 items scored from 0-2; Max score is 14; ,ax score does not indicate normal mobility  
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Functional Reach Test   Test reach 3x; 24-40 yo = 14.5-17 in, 41-69 yo = 13.5-15 in, 70-87 yo = 10.5-13.5 in; following age category measurement indicates increased fall risk  
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Timed up and Go Test   Tests level of mobility/balance; Sit in a supported chair with feet flat, stand, walk 10 ft, turn and sit again; observe all parts of stability and mobility; Normal - 10 sec or less; Limit of functional independence is 20 sec; High fall risk is 30+ sec  
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Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment   Tests standing and ambulating balance and mobility; Max - 16 points for standing and 12 for gait using a 0-1 or 0-2 scale for each item assessed; 28 point max; low fall risk - 24-28; moderate risk - 19-23; high risk - <19  
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Romberg Test   Assessment of balance and ataxia (loss of body control); narrow BOS with arms crossed over chest, eyes open then closed for up to 30 sec; positive or abnormal = instability with eyes closed; ataxia indicates sensory ataxia NOT cerebellar ataxia  
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Sharpened Romberg Test   Same examination with tandem stance with eyes closed for 1 minute  
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Otoconia   Crystals in inner ear moving or staying stagnant abnormally  
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A patient who is stable in standing but not weight shifting has a balance descriptor of   Fair  
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Postural Stability Control   The ability to maintain stability and orientation with the COG over the BOS at rest  
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Aphasia   Acquired neuro impairment of processing for receptive and/or expressive language; associated symptoms - perseveration of speech, severe auditory comprehension impairments, unreliable yes/no answers; use of empty speech w/o recognition of impairments  
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Perseveration of Speech   Repetition of speech or "getting stuck"  
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Fluent Aphasia   Usually involves temporal lobe, Wernicke's area and/or parietal lobe; word production and speech output is functional; empty speech/jargon with prosody; speech lack substance; neologisms  
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Prosody   Sounds and rhythms used in speech and poetry  
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Neologisms   Paraphrases within a word is so severe it is unrecognizable  
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Non Fluent Aphasia   Usually affects frontal lobe of dominant hemisphere; Poor word output; dyprosodic speech, poor articulation; increased effort for speech, content is present but impaired syntactical words  
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Syntactical Words   of or according to syntax; supporting words  
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Wernicke's Aphasia   Lesion to posterior superior temporal gyrus; fluent aphasia AKA receptive aphasia; comprehension impaired (reading/auditory), good articulation; impaired writing; poor naming ability; motor impairment not typical; "word salad"  
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Broca's Aphasia   3rd convolution of frontal lobe; Non fluent AKA expressive aphasia; most common; intact comprehension; impaired repetition and naming skills; frustration; paraphasias; motor impairment typical  
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Paraphasias   Production of unintended syllables, words or phrases  
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Global Aphasia   Non fluent; usually affects frontal, temporal or parietal lobes; comprehension of reading/auditory is severely impaired; impaired naming, writing, repetition skills; may use non verbal communication  
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Dysarthria   Inability to articulate; Motor disorder of speech caused by upper motor neuron lesion that affects the muscles used to articulate words and create sound; speech i s"slurred"; may affect respiration  
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Treating Aphasia   Co tx or consult with speech therapist; use tactile and visual cues; only 1 person talking at a time; use concise language and yes/no q's; allow adequate response time; cut back on feedback as needed  
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Conduction Aphasia   AKA associative aphasia; intact comprehension; fluent speech; poor repetition; interrupted speech due to difficulty finding words; impaired writing, excessive repetition; intact fluency with good comprehension  
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Agnosia   Inability to interpret information  
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Language Dominant Hemisphere   Typically the left hemisphere; 99% of R handed people and 66% of left handed people  
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Alexia   Inability to comprehend written language  
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Broca's Area   In frontal lobe; responsible for expression of speech  
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Olfactory Nerve (I)   Afferent - smell; nose; Test - identify familiar odors  
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Optic Nerve (II)   Afferent - Sight; eyes; Test - test visual fields  
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Oculomotor (III)   Efferent - Voluntary - levator, superior, medial and inferior recti; inferior oblique; Automatic - smooth mm's; Test - up, down and medial gaze, and reaction to light  
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Trochlear (IV)   Efferent - voluntary - superior oblique mm; Test - down and in gaze  
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Trigeminal (V)   Afferent - touch, pain: skin of face, mucous membranes of nose, sinuses, mouth, anterior tongue; Efferent - voluntary - mm's of mastication; Test - corneal reflex, face sensation, clench teeth and push down on mandible  
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Abducens (VI)   Eye; Efferent - lateral rectus mm; Test - lateral gaze  
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Facial (VII)   Afferent - taste; anterior tongue; Efferent - Voluntary - facial mm's; Automatic - lacrimal, submandibular and sublingual glands; Test - Close eyes tight, smile and show teeth, whistle and puff cheeks, identify familiar tastes  
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Vestibulocochlear (Acoustic Nerve) (VIII)   Afferent - hearing and balance; ear; Test - hear watch ticking, hearing tests, Balance and coordinaiton tests  
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Glossopharangeal (IX)   Afferent - touch, pain of posterior tongue and pharynx; Efferent - Voluntary - select mm's of pharynx; Automatic - Parotid gland; Test - gag reflex, ability to swallow  
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Vagus (X)   Afferent - Touch, pain of pharynx, larynx and bronchi, taste of posterior tongue and epiglottis; Efferent - Voluntary - mm;s of palate pharynx and larynx; Auto - thoracic and abdominal viscera; Test - Gag reflex, ability to swallow, say "ahh"  
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Accessory (XI)   Efferent - Voluntary - SCM and trapezius mm's; Test - resisted shoulder shrug  
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Hypoglossal (XII)   Efferent - Voluntary - mm's of tongue; Test - tongue protrusion with deviation toward injured side  
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Bell's Palsy is the result of damage to which cranial nerve?   Facial (VII)  
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Anosmia   Loss of sense of smell; damage to Olfactory nerve (CNI)  
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Diplopia   Double vision; damage to trochlear nerve (CNIV))  
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Which 2 CN pathways are associated with the corneal reflex?   Afferent trigeminal and efferent facial  
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Which 3 cranial nerves sense taste?   Facial (VII), Glossopharengeal (IX) and Vagus (X)  
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Which 2 cranial nerves require eyes closed during test?   Olfactory (I) and Trigeminal (V)  
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Which 2 nerves originate from mid brain?   Oculomotor (III) and trochlear (IV)  
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How many cranial nerves possess only sensory tracts?   3 - Olfactory (1), Optic (II) and Vestibulocochlear (VIII)  
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Ptosis   When upper eyelid droops over eye; CN damaged is Oculomotor (III)  
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Homonymus Hemianopsia   Visual field loss on left or right side of visual field in 1 or both eyes; CN damaged is - Optic (II)  
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Rinne Test   Hearing Test to evaluate unilateral hearing loss; compares conduction of sounds transmitted by air and then by bone with a tuning fork; normal ratio is 2:1 (air:bone)  
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Trigeminal Nerve (V) Branches   Opthalmic, Maxillary and Mandibular  
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Snellen Chart   Eye chart; tests Optic nerve (II)  
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Nerve commonly affected when pt has nystagmus   Vestibulocochlear (VIII)  
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Plexus Sequencing from Proximal to Distal   Roots, trunks, divisions, cords, nerves  
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Which artery is used for anatomy of brachial plexus?   Axillary; lateral, medial and posterior cords are named according to their position in relation to the axillary artery  
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Pronator Syndrome   The median nerve passes through 2 heads of pronator teres and gets pinched; affects sensory and motor function of medial nerve  
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Which nerve weakness gives rise to scapular winging?   Long thoracic nerve; serratus anterior weakness  
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Efferent vs Afferent   Motor vs Sensory; Ventral vs Dorsal  
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Motor Control   Study of the nature of movement OR the ability to regulate and direct essential movement  
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Motor Learning   The study of the acquisition or modification of movement; learning vs performance; provides guidelines for appropriate use of feedback, prioritizes the use of practice; transfer of learning across tasks and environments  
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3 Stage Model of Motor Learning   Cognitive, Associative and Autonomous  
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Cognitive Stage of Motor Learning   Initial stage of learning; High concentration of conscious processing; begin problem solving; a controlled environment is ideal; Characterized by: lots of errors, inconsistent, high rep, high level of cognition  
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Associative Phase of Motor Learning   Intermediate stage of learning; starting to link info and action; closed environment progress to less structured and open environments; less external feedback and more internal/proprioceptive feedback; Characterized by: refinement and lots of practice  
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Autonomous Phase of Motor Learning   Final Stage of Learning; improves efficiency through cognitive control; success in variable environment; Characterized by: automaticity, mostly error free, automatic, not distracted, little to no extrinsic feedback, internal feedback is dominant  
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Feedback for Motor Learning   Imperative for improvement of motor learning; allows for correction and adaptation; reduction of feedback over progression is best  
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Intrinsic (Inherent) Feedback   All feedback comes form self; mostly sensory  
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Extrinsic (augmented) feedback   Typically verbal or tactile from someone else; during or after performance  
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Knowledge of Results   extrinsic; Terminal; outcome of most current performance vs goal  
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Knowledge of Performance   Extrinsic; refers to expected movement patter and outcome; QUALITY of movement  
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Practice for Motor Learning   Repeated performance of an activity to learn or perfect a skill; physical practice allows for experience and kinesthetic support; mental practice can help  
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Massed Practice   Large amounts of practice with minimal rest  
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Distributed practice   Rest time is equal to or greater than practice time  
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Constant Practice   Practice of a given task under uniform conditions  
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Variable Practice   Practice of a given task under variable conditions  
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Random Practice   Varying practice among different tasks  
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Blocked Practice   Consistent practice of single task  
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Whole Training   Practice of an entire task  
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Part Training   Practice of an individual component or selected components of a task  
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Closed System Model   Nervous system is an active participant, not just a reaction  
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Habituation   Decrease in response that will occur as a result of consistent exposure to non painful stimuli  
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Non Associative Learning   a single repeated stimuli (habituation, sensitization)  
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Associative Learning   gaining understanding of relationship between 2 stimuli; causal relationships (classical or operant conditioning)  
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Procedural Learning   learning tasks that can be done without cognition of it; forming movement habits; developing a habit through repetitive practice  
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Declarative Learning   Requires attention, awareness, and reflection in order to attain knowledge that cna be consciously recalled; mental practice  
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Open System Model   single transfer of info without any feedback loop; nervous system awaiting stimulus  
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Plasticity   Ability to modify or change at the synapse level; temporary or permanent in order to perform a specific function  
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Concurrent Feedback   Providing feedback while task is performed  
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feedforward control   Dependent on experience; signals sent before movement for anticipatory response  
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