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Neurological Conditions/Diseases
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These notes look at the pathologies of neurological conditions that patients can present with, from Multiple Sclerosis to a Spinal Cord Injury.
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Spasticity
, Introduction to Neurorehabilitation
Possible areas a lesion clinical features may be divided into those
may occur : associated with :
•
Cerebral cortex
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Cerebral white matter •
Cognition Behaviour
,
e Mood
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Cerebellum
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Basal ganglia
•
Motor System
•
Brainstem
cranial nerves Somatosensory System
- •
'
Spinal cord
•
Spinal roots
•
Peripheral nerves Cognition ,
Behaviour
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Neuromuscular junction ~ Mood
•
Muscle
Cognition
•
•
Mental
gaining
Behaviour
process of
knowledge judging (
Thinking knowing
,
e
rememberin
problem solving
)
The in which one acts or conducts oneself,
way
with others
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especially
Mood
.
A mind
temporary state of or
feeling
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Spasticity
What is spasticity? Symptoms
condition in which there is Muscle stiffness
spasticity
·
is a an
abnormal increase in muscle tone or stiffless
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Muscle spash
of muscle. This can interfere with: ·
Involuntary crossing of legs
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Muscle joint deformation
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Muscle fatigue
·
inhibition of
longitudinal muscle growth
Anatomical Definition: Disruption of
descending input to spinal cord.
Associated Conditions: S characterised by...
pasticity
is
Brain itself
Stroke
Can
Palsy
Hyper-Reflexia
Cerebral cause...
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Brain Injury
Brain +
Spital Lord
Multiple Sclerosis
Tumours
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Infection
Hypertoria
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