Quiz 1 Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is motor control?
The ability to maintain and change posture and movement due to neurological and mechanical processes
Which treatment theory is top down and emphasizes integration of reflexes?
Hierarchical
Whats the other one lol
systems
What are the primitive reflexes?
Rooting, palmar grasp, flexor withdrawl, moro reflex, plantar support
What are the tonic reflexes?
Asymmetric tonic neck reflex, symmetric tonic neck reflex, Tonic labyrinthine reflex
When are most reflexes integrated by?
4-6 months
Where is the motor cortex?
Back of frontal lobes.
Is the corticospinal tract ascending or descending?
Descending
What is the resting membrane potential of most neurons?
-70 to -90 mV
What is it called when an action potential jumps at gaps in the myelin sheath?
Saltatory conduction
Where do most corticospinal tracts cross over?
Medulla oblongata
Where do the spinothalamic tracts end?
Somatosensory cortex
What are the 3 phases of motor learning?
Cognitive, associative, autonomous.
Which phase of motor learning involves practicing but making mistakes?
Associative
In the systems model which sway strategy is used first for postural control?
ankle strategy
What age do infants develop head control?
4 months
what age to children learn to walk?
12 months
who developed the NDT treatments (neuro-developmental aka heirarchical) for motor control?
bobath
who developed the PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) treatment approach?
Kabat, Knott, Voss
Which stage of brunnstrom stages of recovery is flaccidity?
stage 1
what stage of the ashworth scale of spasticity is stage 4?
high spasticity, no movement
Is clonus hypotonicity or hypertonicity?
hypertonicity
What type of movement will stimulate the muscle spindle?
a quick stretch
is parkinson’s disease an UMN or LMN condition?
UMN
