Neurological disorders

An involuntary and violent movement of a large body part.

Hemiballism

A neurological disorder characterized by slow, writhing, and continuous worm-like movement of the limbs or trunk

Athetosis

A neurological condition characterized by brief, irregular, random and “dance like” movements.

Chorea

What are common symptoms of Upper motor neuron lesions

Muscle weakness, hypertonicity, hyperreflexia and spasticity

Diagnosis such as CP, hydrocephalus, ALS, CVA, MS, TBI and huntingtins chorea are characterized as what type of neuron lesion?

Upper motor neuron lesion

What are common symptoms of lower motor neuron lesions?

Muscle weakness, hypotonicity, hyporeflexia, flaccidity, fasciculations, muscle atrophy

Diagnosis such as ALS, Guillain bare syndrome, trauma, muscular atrophy, bells palsy, and infection are characterized as what type of neuron lesion?

Lower motor neuron lesion

A neurological disorder characterized by sustained muscle contractions that result in abnormal or repetitive movements, postures, or both.

Dystonia

The inability to initiate movement, commonly seen in parkinson’s patients.

Akinesia

What neurological disease is characterized by the “sprouting” of motor neurons resulting in the loss of motor function. (Initially affects limbs and bulbar)

ALS

What symptoms are common in patients with hungingtons disease that are not in chorea?

Cognitive decline and psychiatric changes

A PROGRESSIVE neurodegenerative disease were the development of AMYLOID plaques results in deterioration and irreversible damage to the cortex and subcortical areas of the brain.

Alzheimers disease

A neurological condition (typically temporary) that results in unilateral facial paralysis secondary to trauma with demyelination and/or axonal degeneration of the facial nerve.

Bells palsy

Progressive neurodegenerative disorder initially affecting new learning and concentration, end stage leads to severe intellectual and physical destruction, incontinence, functional dependence and an inability to speak.

Alzheimers disease