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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| memory | involves mental process that allow people to store experiences & perception of those experiences & ability to recall |
| perseveration | involuntary persistence of same verbal or motor response regardless of stimulation |
| orientation | knowledge of present circumstance- oriented x4- person, place, time & situation |
| affect/emotional disinhibition/lability | crying for no reason |
| who treats behavior problems | typically psychologists, education specialists in school setting, speech language pathologists |
| aphasia | impairment of speech-either spoken or understanding- use simple gestures- brain not getting it together |
| agraphia | inability to write |
| alexia | inability to read |
| dysarthria | impairment of speech production-mechanical dysfunction- like respiratory |
| UMNL | upper mother neuron lesion-CNS damage |
| hypertonus | increased tone, tension |
| hypotonus/flaccid | decreased tone/no tone |
| spasticity | increased tone, distribution varies/damage to motor cortex &/or primary motor pathway &/or anterior lateral corticospinal tract |
| spasticity (clinical) | clasp knife phenomenon (response to quick stretch initial resistance, then release. /velocity dependent (resistance to quick stretch based on speed) /will have + clonus & babinski (with babinski-brain damage) /increased DTR's |
| rigidity | total body co-concnetric high tone |
| rigidity- damage to brainstem | decorticate (when UE are flexed, LE are ext) /decerebrate (UE & LE both ext) |
| rigidity- damage to basal ganglia | leadpipe (cocontraction, constant resistance to PROM in any direction-you can't get any stretching)/ cogwheel(may have ratchet type situation-rigid, then let go) |
| rigidity DTR's | there will be an increase or decrease in all the DTR's in the body |
| hypotonus/flaccid damage | in cerebellum, DTR's decrease or no response-mvmt slow or weak or none |
| LMNL | it would be in ant horn cell. if it's incomplete you will have some weak response in mm. if complete, no response or movement |
| perception | where pt may have difficulty interpreting or identifying incoming info or stimuli- need intact sensation & memory |
| body image | visual or mental, to where body parts are in space or in relation to other parts |
| spacial | depth, distance (patterns on floor can be a problem) |
| agnosia | inability to recognize incoming info w/ sight, sound or touch |
| apraxia | impaired motor planning- don't know how to move body to complete task |
| who treats perception problems? | OT and/or psychologist |
| ataxia | clumsiness (kind of flailing uncoordinated pattern) |
| balance | ability to maintain COG over BOS |
| 4 dev reflexes/reactions that are reflexive background for balance | 1)labrynthine righting 2) optimal righting 3)protective ext & 4) equilibrium reactions |
| functional problems | bed mob, transfers, ADL, mobility, in community or occupational setting |
| RAM | rapid alternating movements |
| coordination tests with RAM | finger to nose, finger to the therapists finger, finger opposition, mass grasp, pronation/supination, tapping (hand), tapping (foot), toe to examiners finger, heel on shin |
| development | may take days, months or years |
| control | person, task, environment-instant once learned |
| motor learning | permanent changes in motor performance as result of practice or experience- functional connection of control & development |
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