Neuroimaging in traumatic brain injury 1.COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) : While severe and moderate traumatic head and brain injuries often mandate head CT‚ several clinical scales require specific criteria in determining the need for neuroimaging after a mild TBI. These include the New Orleans Criteria (NOC) and the Canadian CT Head Rule (CCHR).(45) Both are relatively straight forward and use seven criteria readily obtained in the setting and evaluation of mild TBI. A head-to-head comparison
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Male wrestler‚ from high school league‚ arrives at the PT clinic with an MD prescription for treatment. He was diagnosed with a grade II MCL knee sprain yesterday. A medial collateral ligament (MCL) is known as common knee ligament injury‚ additional with low-grade sprains often going unreported. MCL sprain often occurs for an athletic population for both contact and non-contact sports athletes. There are two different parts to MCL; superficial MCL and deep MCL. There are no firm attachments or definable
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DOI: 9/1/2012. The patient is a 42-year-old female referral coordinator who sustained a work-related injury to her bilateral wrists‚ right index finger and right elbow due to repetitive typing. As per office notes dated 6/8/16‚ the patient has not returned to work. She complains of bilateral hand numbness and tingling with grinding and popping upon flexion and extension of the index and middle fingers of the right hand. She complains of bilateral extensor forearm and lateral elbow pain‚ made worse
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DOI: 9/4/2014. The patient is a 40-year old male carpenter who sustained a work-related injury to his low back and left shoulder after lifting a heavy beam at work. Patient is status post lumbar ESI at L5-S1 per procedure report dated 05/13/15. Per the PT daily treatment note dated 0/09/14‚ the IW has attended 6 sessions for the back. Per the AME done on 11/13/15 by Dr. Warbritton‚ Whole Person Impairment (WPI) rating for the back is 8%. Future medical care includes independent strengthening
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Assignment Shane O`Rourke Year 4 Rec Man 20006284 Q. Critically evaluate the use of: The Leisure Ability Model and the Health Promotion/Protection Model. Justify the use of one of these models for an individual with Spinal Chord Injuries. Before discussing both models we must understand what therapeutic recreation (t.r) is. Morrow (1980) defined t.r as "a process wherein recreation experiences are used to bring about a change the behaviour of those individuals with special needs"
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DOI: 5/20/2002. Patient is a 43-year-old female shipping clerk who sustained a work-related injury to her back and left knee due to falling while climbing down a ladder. As per OMNI entry‚ patient was diagnosed with status post left knee surgery on 12/15/2009; status post lumbosacral fusion on 10/31/2006; lumbar disc displacement; lumbosacral neuritits/radiculitis; and internal derangement of the left knee. Per progress notes dated 9/27/2016‚ patient complained of locking of knee and lots of pain
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My Knee Injury The game of soccer has always come natural to me. Competing in the game of soccer is what I love to do. Being physical is something I’ve never been scared of. If I’m being completely honest‚ going in hard on tackles is what I’m known for. Being a physical player is a strength of mine. Being physical in the game of soccer always comes with the risk of getting hurt. Two years ago I took that risk of getting hurt‚ and getting hurt is exactly what happened. I remember it like it was
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My dads injury At 13 years old you don’t really think about losing a parent or death‚ but one sunny day i did. The moment i picked up my phone and hearing my dad could die at any moment because he broke his neck. I was devastated at 13 years old. As my body was breaking down knowing my dad could die‚ nothing felt the same. My mom drove me to the accident in Lynn‚ MA to my Aunt’s house. I saw my dad laying there next to a Pine tree. The look in his eyes looked devastated they were watery and
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first lumbar vertebra‚ where it divides into many individual nerve roots (L1).Spinal cord injury (SC) occurs when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts that relay signals up and down the spinal cord. The most common types of SCI include contusion (bruising of the spinal cord) and compression (caused by pressure on the spinal cord). Other types of injuries include lacerations (severing or tearing of some nerve fibers‚ such as damage caused by
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DOI: 10/1/2014. The patient is a 53-year old male route sales representative who sustained a work-related injury to his bilateral wrists from lifting carts of clothes. As per OMNI entry‚ he was initially diagnosed with bilateral wrist sprain/strain. MRI of the Left Wrist dated 03/05/2015 showed a small radioulnar joint effusion and subchondral cyst formation. MRI of the Right Wrist dated 03/12/2015 showed subchondral cyst formation. Physical therapy initial report dated 06/11/2015 revealed that the
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