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types of cerebral palsy |
athetosis - slow writhing involuntary movements spasticity - stiff, laboured movements ataxia - inability to coordinate voluntary movements |
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apraxia of speech (AoS) definition |
neurological speech disorder reflecting impaired capacity to plan or programme sensorimotor commands needed for normal speech |
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AoS clinical characteristics |
slow speech rate: due to lengthened vowels and durations between phonemes consistent errors abnormal prosody |
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Multiple Sclerosis definition |
autoimmune disease targeting myelin sheath causing inflammation and loss of nerve cells and axons |
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four progression types of MS |
relapse-remitting - symptoms not always present primary-progressive - continuous decline secondary-progressive - starts as RR then becomes PP progressive-relapsing - decline continues as well as acute attacks |
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MS symptoms |
fatigue and weakness vision problems (inflammation affects optic nerve) dysphagia muscle spasms cognitive difficulties (short attention span)` |
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Huntington's definition |
genetic disease, fault in chromosome 4 which changes physicality, mentality and emotions over time |
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Huntington's symptoms |
motor - loss of balance cognitive - concentration psychiatric - depression worsen over 15-20 years |
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Parkinson's definition |
loss of nerve cells in part of brain which produce dopamine - the messenger which controls and coordinates body movement |
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causes of Parkinson's |
genetics - inheritance is rare environmental - pesticides other - medication |
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Parkinson's symptoms |
tremor, slowness of movement, muscle stiffness |
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Myasthenia Gravis (MG) definition |
autoimmune disease where antibodies attach to and degrade receptor sites on muscles preventing contraction |
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MG symptoms |
muscle weakness in: eyes and face swallowing and breathing muscles limbs |
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Guillain-Barre (GB) defintion |
autoimmune condition which attacks myelin sheath in peripheral nervous system causing slower signal speed |
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GB symptoms |
tingling, numbness, muscle weakness, coordination problems |
