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memory   involves mental process that allow people to store experiences & perception of those experiences & ability to recall  
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perseveration   involuntary persistence of same verbal or motor response regardless of stimulation  
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orientation   knowledge of present circumstance- oriented x4- person, place, time & situation  
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affect/emotional disinhibition/lability   crying for no reason  
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who treats behavior problems   typically psychologists, education specialists in school setting, speech language pathologists  
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aphasia   impairment of speech-either spoken or understanding- use simple gestures- brain not getting it together  
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agraphia   inability to write  
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alexia   inability to read  
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dysarthria   impairment of speech production-mechanical dysfunction- like respiratory  
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UMNL   upper mother neuron lesion-CNS damage  
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hypertonus   increased tone, tension  
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hypotonus/flaccid   decreased tone/no tone  
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spasticity   increased tone, distribution varies/damage to motor cortex &/or primary motor pathway &/or anterior lateral corticospinal tract  
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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  
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rigidity   total body co-concnetric high tone  
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rigidity- damage to brainstem   decorticate (when UE are flexed, LE are ext) /decerebrate (UE & LE both ext)  
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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)  
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rigidity DTR's   there will be an increase or decrease in all the DTR's in the body  
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hypotonus/flaccid damage   in cerebellum, DTR's decrease or no response-mvmt slow or weak or none  
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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  
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perception   where pt may have difficulty interpreting or identifying incoming info or stimuli- need intact sensation & memory  
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body image   visual or mental, to where body parts are in space or in relation to other parts  
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spacial   depth, distance (patterns on floor can be a problem)  
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agnosia   inability to recognize incoming info w/ sight, sound or touch  
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apraxia   impaired motor planning- don't know how to move body to complete task  
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who treats perception problems?   OT and/or psychologist  
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ataxia   clumsiness (kind of flailing uncoordinated pattern)  
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balance   ability to maintain COG over BOS  
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4 dev reflexes/reactions that are reflexive background for balance   1)labrynthine righting 2) optimal righting 3)protective ext & 4) equilibrium reactions  
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functional problems   bed mob, transfers, ADL, mobility, in community or occupational setting  
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RAM   rapid alternating movements  
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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  
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development   may take days, months or years  
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control   person, task, environment-instant once learned  
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motor learning   permanent changes in motor performance as result of practice or experience- functional connection of control & development  
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