Chapter 024 Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 2) pptx

... Upper motor neuron signs are present on physical Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 2) Disorders of Gait The heterogeneity of gait disorders observed in clinical practice reflects ... by stiffness in the legs, an imbalance of muscle tone, and a tendency to circumduct and scuff the feet. The disorder reflects compromise of corticospinal command and...

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... and topography of cerebellar atrophy. A short expansion Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 3) Parkinsonism and Freezing Gait Parkinson's disease (Chap. 366) is common, affecting ... dramatic impact on gait and balance. Cerebellar gait ataxia is characterized by a wide base of support, lateral instability of the trunk, erratic foot placement,...

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... divers, move so as to manage it. Imbalance implies a disturbance of equilibrium. Disorders of balance present with difficulty maintaining posture standing and walking and with a subjective sense ... urgency and incontinence, particularly in patients with cervical spine disease or hydrocephalus. It is always important to review the use of alcohol and medications that affect g...

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... stepping. Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 24. Gait and Balance Disorders Prevalence, Morbidity, and Mortality Gait and balance ... Among those 85 and older, the prevalence of gait abnormality approaches 40%. In epidemiologic studies, gait disorders are consistently identified as a ma...

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... collapsing falls are more Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 5) Falls Falls are a common event, particularly among the elderly. Modest changes in balance function have been ... classification of gait disorders, for many of the same reasons. Postural control systems are widely distributed, and a number of disease-related abnormalities occur. Unlike gait...

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... to improve safety, including improved lighting and the installation of grab bars and nonslip surfaces. Chapter 024. Gait and Balance Disorders (Part 6) Toppling Falls Some patients maintain ... al: Clinical Disorders of Balance, Posture and Gait. London, Arnold Press, 2003 Ganz DA et al: Will my patient fall? JAMA 297:77, 2007 [PMID: 17200478] Masdeu J et al...

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... narrowed attention span rather Chapter 027. Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders (Part 2) THE LEFT PERISYLVIAN NETWORK FOR LANGUAGE: APHASIAS AND RELATED CONDITIONS Language ... ~90% of right handers and 60% of left handers, aphasia occurs only after lesions of the left hemisphere. In some individuals no hemispheric dominance for language can be dis...

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... Progressive focal neurologic deficit Chapter 016. Back and Neck Pain (Part 2) The posterior portion of the spine consists of the vertebral arches and seven processes. Each arch consists ... of muscles and ligaments. The contraction of muscles attached to the spinous and transverse processes produces a system of pulleys and levers that results in flexion, extension,...

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... Chapter 033. Dyspnea and Pulmonary Edema (Part 2) Integration: Efferent-Reafferent Mismatch A discrepancy or mismatch between the feed-forward message to the ventilatory muscles and ... For a sensation to be reported as a symptom, it must be perceived as unpleasant and interpreted as abnormal. We are still in the early stages of learning the best ways to assess ... con...

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... Chapter 045. Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities (Part 2) Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate Monitoring the GFR is important in both the hospital and outpatient settings, and ... a measured GFR is not available, and the serum creatinine level is used to estimate the GFR in order to supply appropriate doses of renally excreted drugs and to follow short-term chang...

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