functional goals. The latest progress report noted that the patient has left upper extremity pain. The exam revealed moderate spasticity and tenderness over the flexor-extensor forearm. She has a positive compression of the left median and radial nerves of the extensor and flexor forearms. It was noted that she has not received medications or occupational therapy. The guidelines support an initial trial of 6 sessions of PT. Additional requests should include objective functional improvement. Recommend
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From the repeated injuries Sannu is having repeated nerve damage. When someone has Leprosy and it is untreated they can lose sensation in that extremity due to the body’s defense mechanism. This will cause loss of feeling in the skin and weakens muscle. B. Leprosy can affect the skin and Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. Which events of sensation processing are most likely not functioning properly in Sannu’s leprosy? Generation of nerve impulses is probably not working properly. Sensory neurons
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side of your wrist made up of bones and ligaments. The nerve that controls sensation and movement in the thumb and first three fingers‚ runs through this passageway along with tendons to the fingers and thumb. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a median entrapment neuropathy that causes paresthesia‚ pain‚ numbness‚ and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the wrist in the carpal tunnel. The median nerve and several tendons run from your forearm to your hand
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cord‚ and nerves. Each part of the nervous system has different jobs. There are two main parts of the nervous system peripheral and central. The peripheral nervous system is a collection of peripheral nerves‚ ganglia and specialized sensory structures that‚ as a unit‚ carries sensory and motor information between all organs and body system. The peripheral nervous system is divided into two major parts‚ somatic and autonomic nervous system. The somatic nervous system is made up of nerves that connects
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joint. The tight space between this fibrous band and the wrist bone is called the carpal tunnel. The median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel to receive sensations from the thumb‚ index‚ and middle fingers of the hand. Any condition that causes swelling or a change in position of the tissue within the carpal tunnel can squeeze and irritate the median nerve. Irritation of the median nerve in this manner causes tingling and numbness of the thumb‚ index‚ and the middle fingers -- a condition known
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If damage to a nerve is severe or close to the cell body the entire neuron may die as well as other neurons that are normally stimulated by that particular nerve‚ may die as well. However if the cell body remains intact‚ cut or compressed the axons of the peripheral nerves can regenerate. However post trauma axon regrowth never exactly matches what existed before the injury‚ and a lot of the
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(Tortora‚ 2003) Innervation Long Thoracic Nerve. (Tortora‚ 2003) Action It causes protraction of the scapula that it attaches‚ moving the scapula laterally towards the front‚ it is also activated during a push up exercise‚ according to (Tortora‚ 2003‚ p. 342). It assists the trapezius muscle
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blanks 61 True/False 62 Bibliography 64 Summary The nervous system is composed of all nerve tissues in the body. The functions of nerve tissue are to receive stimuli‚ transmit stimuli to nervous centers‚ and to initiate response. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord and serves as the collection point of nerve impulses. The peripheral nervous system includes all nerves not in the brain or spinal cord and connects all parts of the body to the central nervous system
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is break also. The peripheral nervous system consists of the nerves that branch from the brain and spinal cord. It is a thick bundle of nerve fibers located within the spinal cord. The PNS can be regenerate and it will regrow. The brain and spinal cord are the main parts of the nervous system. The brain controls every part of your body and is located top of our head inside our skull. The spinal cord with controls our movement. Nerve cells contain 3 parts: dendrites‚ cell body and the axon. Dendrite
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piriformis muscle and the pelvis fascia and nerves coming from this plexus converge toward the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen and unite to form a flattened band‚ which continues primarily as the sciatic nerve. All nerves that root from the plexus either have anterior or posterior divisions and the posterior division has less nerves than the anterior. The posterior division contains the superior gluteal nerve (L4-S1)‚ inferior gluteal nerve (L5-S2) and the nerve to piriformis (S1‚ S2). The anterior
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