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Spasticity is a motor disorder caused by damage to the _____ motor neuron |
Upper motor neuron |
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Hyperreflexia: Increase in ______. Exaggerated _______ |
The involuntary increase in muscle tone, exaggerated tendon reflexes |
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What are contractures? |
Fixed loss of joint range of motion |
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HO acronym and meaning |
Heterotopic ossification: formation of new bone around joints |
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Cranial nerve: motor to most muscles of the tongue |
XII Hypoglossal |
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Cranial nerve: motor and sensation from pharynx and larynx |
X vagus |
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Examples of perception deficits |
Agnosias, unilateral neglect, discrimination difficulties, apraxias |
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What is one sign of apraxia? |
Inability to imitate gestures, inability to perform automatic task |
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Individuals with SCI and brain injury are the most vulnerable to what? |
Pressure sores |
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What are the 5 peak maturation periods in normally developing children? |
3-5, 8-10, 14-15, 17-19 and 21-22 years |
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What period of growth/maturation is characterized by overall rapid growth, those governing executive, visiospatial somatic, Visio auditory |
3-5 years |
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What period of growth/maturation is characterized by executive system beginning to accelerate development, elaboration of the visiospatial and Visio auditory (motor system) |
8-10 |
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What period of growth/maturation is characterized by a big increase in neuronal development as the frontal executive function matures |
17-19 years |
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Define Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) |
Requirement for schools to provide free appropriate public education (FAPE) by providing special services |
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Define Individual Transition Plan (ITP) |
At 16, IEP team must develop this to plan for life after high school |
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What questionnaire with the family could be helpful after a brain injury? |
Family Needs Questionnaire |
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Family reports of post injury challenges include (3) |
Changes in mood/emotional health or family members, unequal sharing of household responsibilities and lack of resources |
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Which theory is grounded in the notion that the whole is greater then the sum of its parts? Related to family |
Family Systems Theory (FST) |
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Military families often face rehabilitation from ____ - trauma injuries |
Poly |