NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY. ALL EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE) 100%
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Module
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Institution
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Physiotherapy Treatment for Spasticity - ANSWER- active exercises, passive exercises + home
program, robotic assistance (mechanical assistance passive movement), strengthening exercises,
task specific training, constraint-induced therapy (ie constrain good side affected side used more),
biofeedb...
, Neurological Physiotherapy - ANSWER- Reducing activity limitations and
participation restrictions and to
optimise quality of life for people who
experience disorders of the central
nervous system
Upper motor neuron (UMN) - ANSWER- collective term including all the descending
pathways that control the activities of the
neurons that supply the muscles (LMNs)
- originate in higher centres (i.e. motor cortex) & synapse with LMNs
Lower motor neuron (LMN) - ANSWER- motor neurons in the ventral (anterior) horns of the
spinal cord and in the motor nuclei of
the cranial nerves
- originate in the spinal cord & brainstem
- directly innervate skeletal muscle
First order neurons (Sensory) - ANSWER- - activated in the periphery by sensory input (e.g.
touch,
proprioception, vision)
- can synapse with other sensory neurons (second- or third-order
neurons) for transmission towards the cortex, or with motor neurons
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