Chapter 5: Examination of Motor Function: Motor Control and Motor Learning

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Across
  1. 2. how the individual is able to apply a learned skill to the learning of other similar tasks
  2. 9. patients report this with great accuracy when they have reached this point of their limit of endurance
  3. 10. this person's medical history is gathered
  4. 11. contain a rule, concept, or relationship formed on the basis of experience
  5. 12. ability to comprehend and to adjust oneself with regard to time, location, and identity of persons
  6. 13. often visible through the skin, seen as a small twitch
  7. 17. nerves that have 12 pairs distributed to the head and neck
  8. 18. computerized electronic device to measure muscle tone
  9. 19. in older adults, this should not be mistaken for hypertonicity
  10. 22. originally developed to examine motor function in patients with polio
  11. 24. movement disorder where individuals shows twisting movements
  12. 25. this cranial nerve tests visual acuity
  13. 26. when a patient is seen once a week and is asked to demonstrate a skill practiced the previous week
  14. 27. a gold standard instrument used to document level of consciousness in acute brain injury
Down
  1. 1. phase of motor learning where the learner continues to practice and refine motor patterns
  2. 3. resistance of muscle to passive elongation or stretch
  3. 4. partial or total, permanent or transient loss of memory
  4. 5. instruments use objective measurement as a way of examining performance
  5. 6. test for patient's articulation, resting tongue position and movements of tongue
  6. 7. folded gray matter, playing a role in consciousness
  7. 8. caused by some form of local compression or blockage, a temporary impairment
  8. 12. characterized by strong and sustained contraction of the extensor muscles resulting in hyperextended posture
  9. 14. allows the therapist to compare responses of patient overtime
  10. 15. abnormal increase in muscle tension, above normal testing levels
  11. 16. restrict normal coordinated action of muscles
  12. 17. include plantar reflex and abdominal reflexes
  13. 18. primary muscle disease that is either acquired or congenital
  14. 20. skills involved in bed mobility, sitting, transfers, standing, walking and start climbing
  15. 21. lacks when the patient struggles with posture and balance when standing
  16. 23. a patient receives this after being evaluated based on signs, symptoms, or categories