Spinal Cord Injury * Short Case Study #3 1. Describe the functional anatomy of the spinal cord using the following terms: white matter‚ gray matter‚ tracts‚ roots‚ and spinal nerves. * White matter is one of the two components of the central nervous system‚ and it consists of glial cells and myelinated axons that transmit signals from one region of the cerebrum to another as well as in between the cerebrum and lower brain centers. Grey matter contains neural cell bodies. Unlike
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Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury‚ also called acquired brain injury or simply head injury‚ is a result of a sudden blow to the head when an external force is applied causing a disruption of the physiological stability of the brain locally. It can also occur when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue and when elevation in the intracranial pressure occurs and potentially dramatic changes in the blood flow within and to the brain. These changes may produce a diminished
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A brain injury is of the most severe types of injuries that can occur as a result of an accident. There are many different symptoms that can occur as a result of a brain injury. The brain is still very much a mystery to even the most trained medical professionals. Different types of brain injuries can produce different symptoms and adult symptoms can vary from children’s symptoms. In order to get quick treatment to prevent further brain damage‚ though‚ a brain injury must be identified as soon as
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2000’s‚ cheerleading was considered one of the most dangerous school activities. The main source of injuries come from stunting...injuries can be as serious as whiplash‚ broken necks‚ broken vertebra‚ and death” (Wikipedia contributors). “There were two fatal injuries‚ 13 that led to paralysis and 29 very serious head or spinal injuries without paralysis” (Hughes) . II: prevention: “Most injuries occur due to lack of training” (Hughes). Only 3% of the 2.9 million female high school athletics in
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The term injury truly signifies ’an injury’ in old Greek‚ and alludes‚ in its unique sense‚ to a physical injury. The term was later utilized as a part of the analysis of Sigmund Freud to mean a specific mental wonder. As per scholarly scholar Cathy Caruth‚ an injury can be characterized as the reaction to an unforeseen or overpowering vicious occasion or occasions that are not completely got a handle on as they happen‚ but rather return later in rehashed flashbacks‚ bad dreams and other dull wonders
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speed‚ coordination and agility. Like any sport‚ tennis places specific demands on the body which can predispose any player to injury. These demands placed on the body result in injuries specific to the game. It is said by Pluim et al (2006) that although many injuries that occur in tennis are common in other sports‚ tennis has its own unique profile of injuries. (1) Injuries such as lateral ankle sprains‚ calf strains‚ lower back pain‚ tennis toe‚ shoulder impingement‚ lateral epicondylitis (tennis
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Healing the Injuries that Happen in Baseball For baseball players it is essential to stay healthy. One of the many reasons is that if a player is hurt for too long a period‚ he may lose his starting position. Though this is always in the forefront of a players mind‚ the first thing he should think about is healing his body so that he might continue his career. The most common injury to baseball players is tennis elbow and tennis elbow is only treated by having Tommy John’s surgery‚ which takes
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Running head: SPINAL CORD INJURY Spinal Cord Injury Shannon G. Johnston‚ RN‚ CEN Liberty University Abstract There are many types of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Patients with SCI can symptoms that range from mild neurologic impairment (such as numbness and tingling of extremities or neck pain) to devastating total body paralysis depending on the extent of damage and where in the spinal cord the damage occurs. Management of airway‚ breathing and circulation are key with SCI patients‚ as
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Rotator Cuff Injuries Will the effects of non-surgical treatments be more beneficial than surgical treatments for rotator cuff injuries to increase range of motion in upper extremities to complete activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living? To determine the answer to this question‚ rotator cuffs and their injuries will need to be defined. A rotator cuff is a group of four muscles on a person’s shoulder blade that attach to the ball of the humerus. The muscles and
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All head injuries are potentially serious because they can damage the brain and make someone lose responsiveness. The severity of a head injury depends on how someone hit their head and how hard the impact was. A head injury may cause damage to the brain tissue or to blood vessels inside the skull‚ or even break the skull (a skull fracture). Clear fluid or watery blood leaking from the ear or nose‚ and a deteriorating level of response‚ are some of the signs of serious injury. The severity of a
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