K And L

Front 1

Active ROM

Back 1

Pt perform the exercise to move the joint without any assisstance to the muscles surrounding the joint

Front 2

Passive ROM

Back 2

Therapist or equipment moves the joiny through the range of motion with no effort from the pt

Front 3

Crepitus

Back 3

Grating, popping, crackling sound, may be heard or palpated

Front 4

Myalgia

Back 4

Muscular pain or tenderness, especially when diffuse and nonspecific

Front 5

Contracture

Back 5

Abnormal shortening of muscle tissue, rendering the muscle highly resistant to passive stretching due to lack of joint use

Front 6

Atrophy

Back 6

A wasting away; a decrease in size of a cell, tissue, organ, or part

Front 7

Hypertrophy

Back 7

Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to increase in size of its constituent cells

Front 8

Osteoporosis

Back 8

Literally means "porous bones" it occurs when bones lose an excessive amount of their protein and mineral content, particularly calcium. Over time, bone mass, and therefore bone strength, is decreased

Front 9

Arthritis

Back 9

Inflammation of a joint

Front 10

Vertigo

Back 10

Rotational spinning sensation

Front 11

Objective

Back 11

Do you feel as if the room spins?

Front 12

Subjective

Back 12

Do you feel that you are spinning?

Front 13

Syncope

Back 13

Faint; sudden loss of strength, a temporary loss of consciousness due to lack of cerebral blood flow

Front 14

Dysphasia

Back 14

Impairment in speech consisting of lack of coordination and inability to arrange words in their proper order

Front 15

Aphasia

Back 15

Without speech: true language disturbance

Front 16

Expressive

Back 16

Inability to produce words, either spoken or in written form (difficulty producing language )

Front 17

Receptive

Back 17

Ability to produce words but with frequent errors in the cgoice of appropriate words or in the creation of words (difficulty understanding language )

Front 18

Ataxia

Back 18

Impairment of coordination of muscular activity

Front 19

Glasgow coma scale

Back 19

Neurocheck; quantitative tools to assess LOC; test 3 areas eye, motor, verbal responses of the pt., cumulative score of 15; 7 or below indicates coma

Front 20

Tremors

Back 20

Involuntary contraction of opposing muscle groups resulting in rhythmic movement of one or more joints (Involuntary shaking, vibrating, or trembling)

Front 21

Seizures

Back 21

Altered or loss of consciousness, involuntary muscle movement, and sensory disturbances; course, duration, motor activity, associated signs, AURA, postictal phase, precipitating factors

Front 22

Tandem walking

Back 22

Test cerebellar function; walking heel -to-toe; accentuates problems with coordination

Front 23

Paresis

Back 23

Partial or incomplete paralysis, or weakness

Front 24

Dementia

Back 24

Loss of brain function. Not a single disease. Refers to a group of illnesses that involve memory, behavior, learning, and communicating problems. Problems are progressive

Front 25

Paresthesia

Back 25

Abnormal skin sensation (burning, numbness, tingling,prickling, crawling)

Front 26

Romberg test

Back 26

Test cerebellar functions; stand at client's side; client stands feet together, arms at sifr: have them close their eyes and hold position; wait about 20 seconds; slight swaying may occur;

Front 27

Deep tendon reflex

Back 27

Knee jerk-patellar reflex

Front 28

Babinski

Back 28

Dorsiflexion of the great toe and fanning of all toes; should not occur after 2 1/2 of age

Front 29

Paralysis

Back 29

Decreased or loss of motor function due to a problem with motor nerve or muscle fibers

Front 30

Level of consciousness

Back 30

Neurochecks: alert, lethargic, obtunded, stuporous, coma

Front 31

PERRLA

Back 31

Pupils, equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation; neurochecks

Front 32

Clonus

Back 32

Rapidly alternating involuntary contractions ans relaxation of a muscle in response to sudden stretch

Front 33

Proprioception

Back 33

Pertain to the nervous system's ability to maintain posture, balance, and coordination, awareness of body position

Front 34

Agnosia

Back 34

Loss of ability to reconize importance of sensory impressions

Front 35

Apraxia

Back 35

Impairment of the ability to carry out purposeful movement

Front 36

Decerebrate rigidity

Back 36

Arms stiffly extended, adducted, internally rotated; legs stiffly extended, plantar flexed; extension-abnormal on GCS

Front 37

Decorticate rigidity

Back 37

Arms adducted and flexed, wrist amd fingers flexed; legs extended, plantar flexed; flexion-abnormal on GCS

Front 38

Fasciculation

Back 38

Observable, localized, uncoordinated, uncontrollable twitching of a single muscle group innervated by a single motor nerve fiber or filament

Front 39

Flaccidity

Back 39

Loss of muscle tone; weak, soft, flabby-absent DTR

Front 40

Spasticity

Back 40

Involuntary, sudden movement or muscular contraction-increased reflexes

Front 41

Nuchal rigidity

Back 41

Stiffness in cerviacal neck area

Front 42

Nystagmus

Back 42

Slight oscillating movements of the eyes whem client is asked to hold gaze in one of the six cardinal positions. End point or extreme lateral gaze oscillation occurs normally

Front 43

Neurovascular assessment

Back 43

Circulation, motion, and sensation;

Front 44

6 P's

Back 44

Pulselessness, paresthesia, pallor, puffiness, pain, paralysis