TBI
The most common cause of TBI
Type of CVA that results from an blood vessel rupturing
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Level of SCI on the ASIA scale that corresponds with complete loss of sensory and motor function below the level of the injury.
What is a level A SCI?
Most common type of dementia
What is Alzheimer's?
A condition where bone mineral density is lower than normal, but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis
What is Osteopenia?
Scale used to determine level of consciousness after a traumatic brain injury, by evaluating eye-opening, verbal, and motor responses.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
A temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that causes stroke-like symptoms such as sudden numbness, confusion, or vision problems, but these symptoms resolve quickly and don't cause permanent brain damage
What is a TIA (transient ischemic attack)?
A common complication of SCI in which blood pressure rapidly drops during positional changes due to loss of sympathetic vasoconstriction
What is orthostatic hypotension?
Disease in which oligodendrocytes are destroyed and myelin sheaths are lost within the CNS
A chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy joint tissues, causing inflammation, pain, swelling, and stiffness
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
RLA level that corresponds with extreme confusion and agitation
What is level IV?
Stroke to this area of the brain would likely cause ataxia, balance deficits, vertigo, or tremors.
What is cerebellum?
Type of SCI which presents with ipsilateral paralysis, and loss of proprioception/vibration sense along with contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation.
What is Brown-Sequard syndrome?
Loss of these cells located in this area of the brain leads to Parkinson's Disease
What is dopaminergic cells of the basal ganglion?
Type of hip precautions in which the patient should avoid extension, adduction, and external rotation of the leg.
What is anterior precautions?
Surgical intervention following severe TBI that involves removing a portion of the skull for a long duration of time to decrease intercranial pressure
Craniectomy
A common cause of CVA in which a hole in the heart causes blood to pool and clot
What is a PFO? (Patent Foramen Ovale)
Level of SCI in which a patient with a complete SCI would be able to use a tendinosis grasp
What is level C6-7?
Type of dementia that is caused by conditions that disrupt blood flow in the brain. It presents with more fluctuation in cognitive status then other forms of dementia
What is Vascular Dementia?
Common exercise prescribed immediately following total shoulder arthroplasty.
What is Pendulum or Codman's exercise?
A life threating hematoma that forms a lemon shaped bulge of arterial blood between the skull and the dura mater
What is an Epidural Hematoma?
An infarct or aneurysm of this blood vessel can cause contralateral LE motor loss, confusion, memory loss, and cognitive deficits
What is the anterior cerebral artery?
This spinal tract carries sensory information related to pain, deep pressure, and temperature. The tract decussates when it enters the spinal cord.
What is the spinothalamic tract?
Relatively rare type of MS in which the patient experiences a steady downward trajectory with little or no periods of remission
What is Primary Progressive MS?
Type of osteoarthritis that has no known cause.
What is primary osteoarthritis?