Cerebellar & Basal Pathology

Cerebellum Patho

100

Drunken, disorganized movement style

Ataxia

200

Generalized muscle weakness

Asthenia

300

A disorder of the motor component of speech

Dysarthria

400

Dysdiadochokinesia is...?

Impaired ability to perform rapid alternating movements

500

True of False:

Inability to judge distance or range of movement is Dyssynergia 

False, the correct answer is dysmetria

Basal Gang-Ganglia

100

True or False:

Intention tremors are associated with the Basal Ganglia

False, resting tremors are associated w basal ganglia 

Intention tremors are associated with cerebellar pathology

200

Inability to initiate movement 

(associated w Parkinsons)

Akinesia

300

Very slow movements & decereased velocity of movement 

(associated w Parkinson's)

Bradykinesia

400

"wormlike" movements w slow involuntary, writhing, twisting (usually seen in the fingers)

Athetosis

(associated w Huntington's disease)

500

Sustained involuntary contractions of agonist & antagonist muscles causing abnormal frozen posturing

Dystonia

Coordination Tests

100

Tests for Dysdiadochokinesia

Alt Finger 2 nose, pronation/supination

200

Myotomal tests or MMT's could be used to test for

Aesthenia

300

Tests for Ataxia

DGI or any of the Gait analysis

400

A test such as heal 2 shin or drawing a circle/figure 8 would be a test for? and is it Cerebellar or basal pathology

Dysmetria

Cerebellar

500

Having the patient drag their heel across their shin on the opposite side is called?

This is a test for?

Heel 2 shin

Dysmetria

Cerebellum Pt 2

100

If movements are performed as isolated single movements rather than a single smooth activity

Dyssynergia 

200

Rhythmic, rapid, quick, oscillatory movements of the eye 

Nystagmus

300

Finger 2 nose & finger 2 therapists fingers would be good tests for 

Dyssynergia

400

Loss of the ability to associate muscles together for complex movements

Asynergia

500

Performing a MMT on a patient, but letting go to see if  they have a check reflex is a way to test for

Rebound phenomenon 

What does it all mean Basal...?

100

Involuntary rapid & irregular dancelike movements

(associated w Huntington's disease)

Chorea

200

Large amplitude, ballistic, sudden violent, flailing movements

Hemiballismus

300

The 2 types of rigidity associated with basal ganglia disorders

Leadpipe & Cogwheel rigidity

400

A pill rolling tremor is one of the hallmark symptoms of this basal ganglia disorder

Parkinson's disease

500

This part or the basal ganglia is where a lesion would be if the patient had Parkinson's disease

Substantia Nigra