Medications & Treatment
TPA is often used to combat the long term effects of this diagnosis
What is a CVA?
This is a speech impairment following a L CVA.
What is dysarthria?
A complete injury is listed as this ASIA score.
What is AIS A?
This type of task may cause an exacerbation of osteoarthritis
What are repetitive tasks?
Signs/symptoms of this diagnosis may be heat, swelling, pain/tenderness, and redness
What is a DVT?
Levadopa is used as a dopamine replacement for individuals with this diagnosis.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
Posterior hip precautions
What is no bending past 90 degrees, no internal rotation, no crossing the legs?
Someone with tetraplegia at this level will have increased independence secondary to tricep innervation.
What is C6?
A decrease in this chemical is linked to Parkinson's Disease.
The term for the crunching sounds commonly heard in arthritic joints.
What is crepitus?
This assessment is used to treat function of the upper extremity following an orthopedic injury.
What is the DASH?
The sudden drop in blood pressure due to a change in positioning.
What is postural hypotension?
Someone with tetraplegia at this level will have innervation at the biceps
What is C5?
A shuffling gait pattern is often seen in this diagnosis.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks or narrows an artery leading to the brain
What is ischemic?
This level of burn will most likely require a graft, and must be monitored for contractures.
What is a full thickness burn?
A pathologic fracture is the result of this condition.
What is osteoporosis?
Most individuals with an SCI also have these precautions following surgery.
What are back precautions: no bending, lifting, or twisting?
Symptoms of this diagnosis that often impacts young adults, vary significantly between each person.
What is multiple sclerosis?
This symptom of Alzheimer's disease results in jumbled speech, and made-up words.
What is paraphasia?
This term is a common side effect of many psych medications, resulting in uncontrollable, abnormal, and repetitive movements of the face, torso, and/or other body parts
What is tardive dyskinesia?
A swallowing assessment is performed to determine if the patient has this difficulty/impairment, often seen following a CVA
What is dysphagia?
The response someone with a T6 or above SCI has to noxious stimuli below the level of injury, resulting in elevated BP, headache, blurred vision, and more.
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
This rapid progressing disease begins with impaired hand function, leads to difficulty swallowing, and eventually results in death.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?
This is the most long-lasting effect of a TBI
What are cognitive deficits?