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Neuro final

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Anterior cerebral artery   Supplies: superior border of frontal & parietal lobes Deficits: contralateral weakness & sensory loss, mostly LE, incontinence, aphasia, apraxia  
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Middle cerebral artery   Supplies: surface of cerebral hemispheres and DEEP frontal & parietal Deficits: contralateral sensory loss & weakness face & UE Homonymous Hemianopia Most common stroke  
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Vertebrobasilar   Supplies: brain stem & cerebellum Deficits: cranial nerve involvement Diplopia, dysphagia, dysarthria, deafness, ataxia, equilibrium, locked in syndrome  
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Posterior cerebral artery   Contralateral sensory loss, memory loss, Homonymous Hemianopia, cortical blindness  
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Spinothalmic tract   Pain & temperature  
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Cerebral deficits   Contralateral  
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Cerebellum imparments   Ipsilateral impairment, Fine tuning movement, RAM, Posture & balance  
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Clonus   When put on stretch limb bounces, count #, UMN sign  
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Decorticate   Flexed UE, Extended LE  
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Decerebrate   Extended UE & LE  
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Hypertonia   UMN, Increased tone, Spasticity, Pain increases spasticity  
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Hypotonia   LMN, Floppy  
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Berg   Elderly & CVA, <45 elev fall risk , <37 100% community fall risk, <=29 AD recommended  
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Tinetti   Balance & Gait, Max score 28, <19 high fall risk  
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TUG   CVA & Parkinson's, 30 sec impaired functional mobility, 20-30 grey area may add AD  
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Vestibulospinal tract   Ipsilateral gross postural adjustments, Facilitates extension, Inhibits flexion, If damaged- DECORTICATE  
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Rubrospinal   Originates in red nucleus, Innervates UE, Facilitates flexor, Postural adjustments , If damaged: DECEREBRATE  
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Anterior corticospinal tract & Lateral corticospinal tract   Ipsilateral movement anterior, Contralateral lateral, Controlled skilled movements of extremities, BABINSKI sign indicator of damage  
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Glasgow coma scale   13-15 mild, 9-12 mod, <9 severe (coma)  
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Anterior cord syndrome   Ventral corticospinal (lose motor), spinothalmic (lose pain & temp), not good functional prognosis  
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Central cord syndrome   Most common of incompletely, more severe UE involvement b/c cervical tracts centrally located, spinothalmic, corticospinal & dorsal columns, some sensory- more motor  
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Cauda Equina syndrome   LMN injury, "SPINE" saddle anesthesia, pain LE, incontinence, numbness, emergency decompression  
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Charcots triad of MS   intention tremor, scanning speech, nystagmus  
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Multiple Sclerosis   progressive, UMN, demyelinating, sclerotic plaques of myelin junking up brain and spinal cord, women more than men, repeat progressive attacks, autoimmune  
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s/s multiple sclerosis   dysarthria (slurred speech), dysmetria, postural tremors, intention tremors, dysphagia (trouble swallowing)  
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Medication for spasticity   baclofen  
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factors to keep in mind while treating MS   heat sensitivity, fatigue, symptom management, fall risk,  
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ALS- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis   UMN & LMN, men more than women, chronic and degenerative, does not affect cognition, fatal 3-5 years  
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s/s ALS   LMN part: weakness, heavy headed, asymmetric, atrophy, fatigue, random spontaneous twitching. UMN part: spasticity, hyperflexia, clonus, pathological reflexes  
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Stages of ALS   early- trouble ADL's middle- atrophy, WC for distances late- total dependence death from respiratory failure  
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