class 3: stroke Flashcards
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what is a ischemic stroke
Occurs when a clot blocks or
impairs blood flow, depriving the
brain of essential oxygen and
nutrients
what is a Hemorrhagic Stroke
Occurs when blood vessels rupture,
causing leakage of blood in or
around the brain
Right Hemisphere - press
Left hemiparesis/hemisensory loss
RH - impairments
left hemi
left side neglect
dysarthria
poor decision making
flat effect
anosongosia - unaware of deficits
asomatogonsia - loss of ownership of one side of the body
LH - impairments
right hemi
right homo hemi
dysarthria - hard time speaking
aphasia (lang)
apraxia
what is the most common type of stroke
MCA
what type of stroke has worse outcomes hemorragic or ischemic
hemmoragic
MCA serves what part of the brain
motor
sensory
speech
cog
the lateral/outer part of the brain
sym of PCA stroke
- Contralateral homonymous hemianopsia
- Visual agnosia
- Prosopagnosia (difficulty naming people on sight)
- Dyslexia (difficulty reading) without agraphia (difficulty writing), color naming (anomia), and color discrimination problems
- Memory defect
- Topographic disorientation
sym of ACA stroke
logical thought
personality
contralateral voluntary movement
LE motor and sesnsory loss > UE loss
mutism
urinary incontinence
(baby or kid)
what does a neg babinski look like
toes pointing down
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - scapula
Retraction, downward rotation
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - shoulder
add
depression
IR
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - elb
Flexion
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - forearm
Pronation
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - wrist
Flexion, adduction
Spasticity Pattern in Upper Extremity - hand
Finger flexion, clenched fist thumb, adducted in
palm
Spasticity Pattern in Lower Extremity - pelvis
Retraction (hip hiking)
Spasticity Pattern in Lower Extremity - hip
- Adduction (scissoring)
- IR
- Extension
Spasticity Pattern in Lower Extremity - knee
Extension
Spasticity Pattern in Lower Extremity - foot and ankle
- Plantarflexion
- Inversion
- Equinovarus
- Toes claw (tarsometatarsal extension, metatarsophalangeal flexion)
- Toes curl (tarso- and metatarsophalangeal flexion)
Upper Extremity - flexion syngery
- Scapula retraction/elevation or
hyperextension - Shoulder abduction, external
rotation - Elbow flexion
- Wrist and finger flexion
UE - EXTENSION SYNERGY
- Scapular protraction
- Shoulder adduction, IR
- Elbow extension
- Forearm pronation
- Wrist and finger flexion
ACA serves what part of the brain
medial part of the brain