Etiology
Medical term for a stroke
What is a cerebrovascular accident?
Gender susceptible to the following stroke risk factors: drinking, smoking, and being overweight
What are men?
BE FAST stroke symptoms
What is Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, and Time?
The less common stroke
What is hemorrhagic?
A drink that helps prevent stroke and keeps blood viscous
What is water?
High blood pressure
What is the main cause of hemorrhagic stroke?
The age range where stroke is possible
What is any age?
Symptoms more common in women during stroke
What are weaknesses, fatigue, and nausea?
Stroke caused by blockage of blood flow
What is an ischemic stroke?
This rehab specialization is the most effective at treating stroke.
What is an interdisciplinary team including physio, OT, SLP and RAs?
Obstruction of an artery in the brain (stopping oxygenated blood from passing through)
What is an embolism?
The age at which the chance of stroke increases
What is 60 years?
When a patient has "stiffness” or “tightness” in muscles following a stoke
What is spasticity/high tone?
Stroke symptoms that last less than 24 hours
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack?
This extremity commonly experiences extensor synergies
What is lower?
Increased pressure in the cranial cavity from broken arteries.
How does a hemorrhagic stroke causes damage to the brain?
The number of people worldwide who have strokes annually
What is 15 million?
When a patient pays less attention to one side of their body
What is unilateral neglect?
What MCA stands for
What is Middle Cerebral Artery?
What HH stands for (hint: think vision)
What is Homonymous hemianopia?
Three major arteries are affected by ischemic strokes
What are the Anterior Cerebral Artery, Middle Cerebral Artery, Posterior Cerebral Artery?
The prevalence of return to independent living post stroke
What is 1 in 3?
Medical term for when a person has difficulty with speech common after stroke
What is aphasia?
7 Stages to identify phases of tone during stages of stroke recovery
What is Brunnstrom’s Theory of stroke recovery?
Procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain inducing electrical currents that stimulate activity in neurons
What is transcranial magnetic stimulation?