Neurology
Headaches
Vision
Vestibular
Other TBI
100

What is one component of the Central Nervous System (CNS)

Brain or spinal cord

100

Name two SPECIFIC muscles that can contribute to headaches

  • Frontalis, temporalis, masseter, levator scapulae, SCM, trapezius, sub-occipitals, TMJ muscles
100

What is convergence and divergence in relation to eye movement?

Convergence is eyes rotate inwards and divergence rotate outward.

100

Where is your vestibular system located?

Inner ear

100

Changes in olfaction may occur post TBI… what is olfaction?

Loss or change in smell

200

___ is the nervous systems ability to change itself, form new connections and create new neurons to compensate for injury or adapt to environmental changes.

neuroplasticity 

200

Name at least 3 symptoms of a migraine

  • Unilateral (maybe), pulsatile, moderate to severe in intensity, incapacitation, N/V, photo/phono
200

When you are reading what the primary type of oculomotor motion is it?

A. Smooth pursuits

B. Optokinetics

C. Saccades

D. Convergence/Divergence

C. Saccades

200

Name from ringing in the ears?

Tinnitus

200

What is the leading cause of TBI? (non-military)

Falls ~47.9%.

  •  sports 21%, blunt forced trauma 15%, MVA 14% assaults 9%
300

Which of the 5 senses uses the most nerve cells (touch, taste, smell, vision, hearing)

sight

300

Name two ideas to help migraine postdrome (hangover)

Rest, avoiding blue light/bright lifting, calming activities, hydration, eating

300

What percentage (50,70 or 90%) of TBIs result in some form of visual impairment?


90% including blurred vision, double, photophobia, headaches from eye strain, difficulty reading, loss of peripheral vision, eye movement complications.

300

Otoconia are also known as what?

Ear stones 

300

We have 3 balance systems… name two of them.

Visual, vestibular, proprioceptive

400

Name one way in which you can increase the chances of neuroplasticity?

  • Use it or lose it, use it and improve it, be specific, repetition, intensity, salience, age, transference, interference, patient expectation, reward or feedback, environment, fun, helping others
400

How many days a month do you need to be diagnosed with chronic headaches?

15 days x 3 months 

400

What does diplopia mean?

Double vision

400

The disco-ball test at PT evaluation detects what impairment?

Optokinetic or motion sensitivity

400

What percentage of people sustain post-concussion symptoms following post 3 months mTBI?

A. 30-40%

B. 10-15%

C. 80-90%

D. 0-5%

B. 10-15%

500

How many cranial nerves are there?

12

500

A cervicogenic headache is head pain generated primarily from the ____ and surrounding soft tissue.

cervical spine

500

What is nystagmus?

Involuntary eye movements

500

What does the VOR (vestibular ocular reflex) allow you to do when your head is moving?

Maintain fixed gaze on an object

500

What nervous system in the polyvagal chart would you experience an increase in pupil size?

Sympathetic

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