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Vocab Words to Know

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Term
Definition
Barognosis   perceive the weight of different objects in the hand  
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Graphesthesia   Identify a number or letter drawn on the skin without visual input  
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Kinesthesia   Identify direction and extend of movement of a joint or body part  
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Stereognosis   Identify an object without sight (ex: identify paperclip blindfolded)  
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Allodynia   The sensation of pain in response to a stimulus that would not typically produce pain  
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Analgesia   Absence of pain while remaining conscious  
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Anesthesia   Absence of touch sensation  
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Causalgia   Constant, relentless, burning hyperesthesia and hyperaslesia that develops after a peripheral nerve injury  
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Dysesthesia   Distortion of any of the senses, especially the sense of touch  
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Hyperesthesia   Heightened sensation  
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Hyperpathia   An extreme exaggerated response to touch  
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Hypesthesia   Diminished sensation of touch  
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Neuralgia   severe and multiple shock-like pains that radiate from a specific nerve distribution  
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Pallanesthesia   Loss of vibration sense  
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Paresthesia   Abnormal sensations such as tingling, pins and needles or burning sensations  
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Tremor   Involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movements secondary to basal ganglia lesion. Can be resting, postural, or intention tremors  
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Tic   Sudden, brief, repetitive coordinated movements that usually occur at regular intervals. Can include vocalization of sounds. (ex: Tourette syndrome)  
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Chorea   Movements that are sudden, random, and involuntary - damage of caudate nucleus - like "fidgeting"  
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Dystonia   Sustained muscle contractions that frequently cause twisting, abnormal postures, and repetitive movements.  
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Athetosis   Slow, twisting, writhing movements with large amplitude. Found with many forms of cerebral palsy  
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Akinesia   Inability to initiate movement; commonly seen in Parkinson's  
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Asthenia   Generalized weakness; typically secondary to cerebellar pathology  
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Ataxia   Inability to perform coordinated movements  
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Clasp-knife response   a form of resistance seen during ROM of a hypertonic joint where there is greatest resistance at the initiation of range that lessens with movement throughout rang  
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Cogwheel rigidity   A form of rigidity where resistance to movement has a phasic quality to it; often see in Parkinson's  
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Dysdiadochokinesia   The inability to perform rapidly alternating movements  
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Dysmetria   Inability to control the ROM and force of muscular activity  
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Hemiballism   An involuntary & violent movement of a large body part  
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Lead pipe rigidity   A form of rigidity where there is uniform & constant resistance to ROM; often associated with basal ganglia lesion  
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Agnosia   The inability to interpret information  
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Agraphesthesia   The inability to recognize symbols, letters, or numbers traced on the skin  
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Agraphia   The inability to write due to a brain lesion (typically combined with aphasia)  
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Alexia   The inability to read or comprehend written language  
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Anosognosia   The denial or unawareness of one's illness; often associated with unilateral neglect  
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Aphasia   The inability to communicate or comprehend  
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Apraxia   The inability to perform purposeful learned movements or activities even though no sensory or motor impairment  
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Astereognosis   The inability to recognize objects by sense of touch  
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Body Schema   Having an understanding of the body as a whole and the relationship of its parts to the whole  
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Constructional Apraxia   The inability to reproduce geometric figures and designs; person unable to visually analyze how to perform a task  
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Decerebrate Rigidity   Corticospinal lesion at brainstem resulting in extension of trunk and all extremities  
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Decorticate Rigidity   Corticospinal lesion at diencephalon resulting in trunk & LEs positioned in extension and UEs in flexion  
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Dysarthria   Slurred and impaired speech due to a motor deficit of the tongue or other speech muscles  
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Dysphagia   Inability to properly swallow  
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Dysprosody   Impairment in the rhythm & inflection of speech  
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Emotional Lability   Characteristic of R hemisphere infarct; inability to control emotions & outbursts of inappropriate laughing or crying  
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Fluent Aphasia   Characteristic of receptive aphasia, speech produces functional output regarding articulation, but lacks content & is typically dysprosodic using neologistic jargon  
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Hemiparesis   Weakness one side of the body  
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Hemiplegia   Paralysis one side of the body  
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Homonymous Hemianopsia   Loss of the R or L half of the field of vision in both eyes  
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Ideational Apraxia   Inability to formulate an initial motor plan & sequence tasks where proprioceptive input necessary for movement is impaired  
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Ideomotor Apraxia   A person plans a movement or task, but cannot volitionally perform it.  
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Neologim   Sustitution within a word so severe that it makes the word unrecognizable  
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Non-fluent Aphasia   Characteristic of expressive aphasia, speech is non-functional, effortful, and contains paraphasias. Writing also impaired.  
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Perseveration   State of repeatedly performing the same segment of a task or repeatedly saying the same word/phrase without purpose  
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Paradoxical Breathing   a form of abnormal breathing that is common in tetraplegia where the abdomen rises and the chest is pulled inward during inspiration; on expiration the abdomen falls and chest expands  
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Tenodesis   Patients with tetraplegia that do not possess motor control for grasp can utilize the tight finger flexors in combination with wrist extension to produce a form of grasp  
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