Sensation

Question 1

sensory functions

Answer 1

Vision, hearing, smell and taste, touch, pain, proprioception, vestibular functioning

Question 2

How to assess sensory function

Answer 2

• observation during functional tasks
• Hands on assessment (sensory kit)
• Interview questions

Question 3

purpose of sensory evaluation

Answer 3

assess extent of sensory loss,
document sensory loss,
identify lesion location,
determine functional impairment and limitations,
Provide direction of treatment and interventions,
(person as a map= where they do and don’t have sensation)

deficits may present safety risks

Question 4

Special senses

Answer 4

Olfaction, vision, gustation, audition/balance/equilibrium

Question 5

Somatosensory (most basic sensory info)

Answer 5

Primary somatosensory= receptive, to receive input from the outside world

Cortical= perceptual/perception, to figure out what is going on

Question 6

Cranial nerves

Answer 6

CN 1- olfactory
CN 2- Vision
CN 3- oculomotor- muscles of eye
CN 4- Trochlear- superior oblique eye
CN 5- Trigeminal- sensory of face and mouth.
CN 6- Abducens- lateral rectus eye muscles
CN 7- Facial
CN 8- Vestibulocochlear- equilibrium and hearing.
CN 9- Glossopharyngeal- throat for swallowing, posterior 3rd of tongue
CN 10- Vagus- internal organs
CN 11- Accessory- head, neck, shoulders
CN 12- Hypoglossal- tongue

Question 7

mechanoreceptors

Answer 7

Touch, pressure, stretch, vibration

Question 8

Chemoreceptors

Answer 8

cell injury or damage

Question 9

Thermoreceptors

Answer 9

Heating, cooling

Question 10

assessment planning

Answer 10

If fine touch and proprioception are intact no need to assess temp or pain.

If pain and temperature are absent, no need to assess fine touch or proprioception.

quickly assess areas that should be intact, more thoroughly assess areas likely to be affected.

Question 11

Desensitization

Answer 11

used for hypersensitivity (usually with nerve trauma cases, burns, amputations, soft tissue injuries)

Question 12

Passive sensory training

Answer 12

cortical reorganization in response to repetitive stimulation.

You are doing things to the client. not sustainable (you do everything)

Question 13

Active sensory training

Answer 13

you are having them be part of their treatment plan. more aware of how to monitor themselves.

Active participation of patient, find thumb without looking, identification of shape, weight , and texture

Question 14

awareness of sensory deficits

Answer 14

Compensatory technique (use vision to compensate for decreased sensation),
Education on risk factors,
Emphasize consistent skin care.