Parkisons
Early on Material
Language
Strokes
Extra
100

Parkisons is what type of disorder?


Progressive neurodegenerative disorder (NOT UMN*)

100

A walking speed of .9 would classify a patient as what type of ambulator 

Community ambulator 

100

What part of the brain is responsible for speech motor planning, articulation, and language production

Frontal 

100

During the stroke process, energy production is impaired and leads to further neural death and damage. What is this called?

Ischemic Cascade 

100

The neurophysiological Approach focuses on normalizing movement patterns through ______.

NDT (Neurodevelopmental techniques)

200

An impaired direct loop will lead to what PD sxs?

Bradykinesia, akinesia 

200

What outcome measure would you use for a home care patient with overall functional impairments?

OASIS

200

Pt presents with nonfluent spontaneous speech and intact auditory comprehension. What type of aphasia does this person have?

Brocas 

200

An elevated ICP, thunderclap headache, facial pain, diplopia, difficult to arouse, stiff neck/low back pain, vomitting could all be signs and symptoms of what kind of stroke?

Subarachnoid: rupture of vessel on brain surface w/ bledding into subarachnoid space

200

The hypothalamus is responsible for what in the limbic system?

Initiation of motor activity for homeostasis, autonomic functions

300

Freezing episodes during gait would be classified into what category and why? (akinesia, bradykinesia, hypokinesia)

Akinesia because it is loss or impairment of voluntary movement. 

300

Placing a pt on a foam pad during the mCTSIB would force patient to rely more on what sensory aspect?

Vestibular (if theyre on firm it would be somatosensory)

300

Pt presents with disturbances in muscular control of speech mechanisms. Their speech is breathiness, hypernalsality, imprecise consonants, short phases, and monoloudness. What type of disocrder may this be?

Flaccid dysarthria 

300

If someone gets a 7 on the NIHSS scale, what is their severity of their stroke?

Moderate 

300

What is contraindicated in terms of ROM exercises post-stroke?

Overhead pulleys for self ROM

400

Levodopa/carbidopa is the gold standard for PD medications however it does not ...

Slow progression or alleviate tremor

400

If patient is unable to complete command but may do it automatically, what would this be called?

Ideomotor apraxia 

400

Apraxia is a disorder of speech motor programming, and has no relation to __________.

Muscle weakness or paralysis 

400

A patient who suffered a stroke presents as quick, impulsive, and has poor judgment. What side did they suffer the stroke on?

Right CVA 

400
What medication is best for a patient with high tone that needs a long lasting injection that would produce an immediate response?

Phenol

500

Some non-motor attentional/cognitive symptoms of PD could include ..

Difficulty shifting attention, dual tasking, quickly accessing memory, dementia, visuospatial perception/discrimination, learning 

500

A score of 1+ on the Modified Ashworth Scale would be what?

Slight increase in muscle tone, manifested by a catch, followed by minimal resistance throughout the remainder of the ROM

500

If someone suffered a stroke that affected their basal ganglia, what would this patient struggle with in terms of language?

They would lose their motor relay station and speech movement programming 

500

Ptosis, miosis, and facial anhidrosis are all S&S of what syndrome

Horners Syndrome: Brainstem or Medullary Stroke

500

Selective Dorsal Rhizotomys are not indicated for ______

Dystonia