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17 Cards in this Set
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Paresthesia
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altered sensation
numbness, tingling, pins and needles, pain, prickling,aching, warth, cold, burning |
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Hyperesthesia
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increased sensation
to pain or other stimuli seen in partial lesions |
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Hypoesthesia
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loss of sensation
decreased in intensity |
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Anesthesia
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adsence of sensation
total loss of sensation |
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Alganesthesia / analgesia
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insensitive to pain
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Hypalgesia
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decreased sensitivity
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thigmesthesia
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sensitive to light touch
anterio-lateral spinal thalamic tract |
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topesthesia
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deep touch or discriminating (well localized )
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Nerve entrapment syndrome tested by
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dermatome, motor function, and reflex testing
gives asegmental pattern of dysfunctionq |
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Nerve root lesion
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pressure or irritation of spinal cord or nerve root prior to exiting the IVF.
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order of sensation loss ? 3
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light touch
pain and temp vibration and position |
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peripheral nerve entrapment
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due to mechanical irritation
follows named nerve route not dermatome |
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testing sensation
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cutaneous
only a clue to compression or irritation not definitive |
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epicritic sensations 3
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light touch
point discrimination small diff. in temperatures |
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Dorsal columns
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vibration and proprioception
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lateral spinothalamic tract
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pain
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lateral and ventral spinothalamic tracts
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light touch
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