Unit 2 - Flash Cards

Question 1

Condition caused by a disorder of blood vessels serving the brain, with impaired blood supply & ischemia

Answer 1

Stroke/CVA (Cerebro Vascular Accident)

Question 2

Learning new actions as a result of experience & practice which creates permanent changes in behaviour

Answer 2

Motor Learning

Question 3

Progressive (genetic) neurodegenerative disorder characterized by abnormal body movements called chorea

Answer 3

Huntington’s Chorea

Question 4

A rehab team of health care professionals with different education & experience working together towards a common goal of helping a client progress & rehabilitate after injury

Answer 4

Interdisciplinary Team

Question 5

“Returning capability of the individual to perform a task using mechanisms previously used’

Answer 5

Recovery

Question 6

A rehabilitation physician

Answer 6

Physiatrist

Question 7

A problem solving approach to the assessment & treatment of individuals with disturbances of tone, movement & function due to lesion in the CNS

Answer 7

Bobath

Question 8

Most common cause of dementia; a degenerative disease.

Answer 8

Alzheimer’s

Question 9

Another name for Lou Gehrig’s disease

Answer 9

ALS

Question 10

Diminished blood flow through the brain, stroke like symptoms which usually last between 24-48 hours

Answer 10

TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Question 11

The way in which motor abilities emerge and are achieved

Answer 11

Motor Development

Question 12

Method of retraining the movement system using repetitive practice of functional tasks in an attempt to reestablish the individual’s ability to perform activities of daily living

Answer 12

Functional Training Approach

Question 13

New cell growth

Answer 13

synaptogenesis

Question 14

Brain injury occurring after birth; can be as a result of trauma or not

Answer 14

Acquired Brain Injury

Question 15

Achieving movement through an alternative process than before due to age related changes or injury

Answer 15

Compensatory

Question 16

The study of the control of movement & posture already acquired

Answer 16

Motor Control

Question 17

The most caudal segment with intact motor & sensory function is the level of the SC injury

Answer 17

Neurological Level

Question 18

The brain’s ability to adapt & use cellular adaptations to learn or relearn functions previously lost due to cellular death by trauma or disease at any age

Answer 18

Neuro-Plasticity

Question 19

Progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by: bradykinesia, rigidity and resting tremor

Answer 19

Parkinson’s Disease

Question 20

A mild brain injury with potentially serious implications

Answer 20

Concussion

Question 21

Progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from CNS dymyelination

Answer 21

MS

Question 22

Atypical approaches to meeting the requirements of the task using alternative mechanism not typically used

Answer 22

Compensation