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Pathology
Famous People
Which Disease
Clinical Signs & Symptoms
Treatment focus/name the disease
100
Term used to describe a disease in which the body is attacking its own structures.
What is autoimmune?
100
Back to the Future, Family Ties, Parkinson's Disease
Who is Michael J. Fox?
100
Chronic, progressive disease of the nervous system involving the basal ganglia.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
100
Fatigue and heat intolerance are often hallmarks of this disease
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
100
cold pool treatment, energy conservation
What is MS?
200
In Myasthenia Gravis, nerve impulse transmission to muscle tissue is affected due to antibodies destroying or blocking these type of receptors.
What is acetylcholine?
200
New York Yankees, famous speech, ALS
Who is Lou Gehrig?
200
Disease characterized by periods of exacerbations and remissions
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
200
Muscle weakness and skeletal muscle degeneration are prevalent in this disease, which has over 40 subtyypes.
What is Muscular Dystrophy?
200

ROTATION, ROTATION, ROTATION & BIG amplitude

What is Parkinsons Disease?

300
Area of the brain showing degeneration of neurons which produce dopamine.
What is substantia nigra/basal ganglia?
300
Christina Applegate, Jack Osbourne, Clay Walker, Selma Blair

Who are people with MS?

300
This disease involves degeneration of motor neurons throughout the brain, cranial nerves, and spinal cord
What is ALS/ Lou Gehrig's Disease?
300
Three of the classic four signs of Parkinson's Disease
What is tremor at rest, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability
300
Medical treatment includes plasmapheresis and concentration on muscle strengthening with high reps, low resistance.
What is Guillain Barre?
400
Infectious, viral disease which reached its peak in the 1940's-1950's.
What is Polio?
400

32nd president of the United States, was it really polio? New studies suggest he had Guillain Barre.

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

400

Demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by an abrupt onset of paralysis.

What is Guillain Barre?

400
Pain, ligament instability, faulty biomechanics and posture are often long-term complications of this disease.
What is Post Polio Syndrome?
400
Provision of and training with adaptive equipment for this disease, which usually affects all muscles within 2-5 years after diagnosis.
What is ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease?
500
Pathological hardening of tissue especially from overgrowth of fibrous tissue or increase in interstitial tissue
What is sclerosis?
500

Muscle diseases, MDA telethon, The Nutty Professor

Who is Jerry Lewis?

500
Autosomal dominant disorder with prime areas affected of movement, personality, and mental deterioration
What is Huntington's Disease?
500
The cranial nerve involvement in Myasthenia Gravis may cause the following clinical manifestations. (3)
What is eye motion, facial expression, chewing, talking, swallowing
500

Floor markers used for gait training, trained assistance dogs, and biking programs have been shown to significantly improve gait in patients with this disease.

What is Parkinson's Disease?