Neurological Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy Articles
Aesthenia
Aesthenia: a condition of generalized weakness that can be produced by a lesion of the cerebellum. Posture may also be poorly [...]
Ataxia
Ataxia is one of the classic signs of cerebellar disease. It appears in the trunk, extremities, head, mouth, and tongue (speech). [...]
Dysmetria
Dysmetria is defined as a deficit in reaching a target-usually a past pointing. It results from the deficit in accurately defining [...]
Hemiplegia
Hemiplegia, a paralysis of one side of the body, is the classic sign of neurovascular disease of the brain. It is [...]
Myofascial Release
Myofascial release is a manual energetic therapy designed to treat the myofascia that surrounds every cell and tissue in the body. [...]
Spasticity
Spasticity is a motor disorder characterized by a velocity-dependent increase in tonic stretch reflexes with exaggerated tendon jerks, resulting from hyperexcitability [...]
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is a sensorimotor disorder that affects the control of posture and movement. The diagnosis has historically referred to a [...]
Quadriplegia
Quadriplegia refers to impairment or loss of motor and/or sensory function due to damage to the cervical segments of the spinal [...]
Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Lesions
With incomplete lesions there is partial preservation of sensory and/or motor function below the neurological level and in the lowest sacral [...]
Complete spinal cord injury lesions
In a complete lesion, there is total absence of sensory and/or motor function in the lowest sacral segment (S4-S5). Source: Umphred, [...]
Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) occur when the spinal cord is damaged as a result of trauma, disease processes, or congenital defects. [...]
Spina Bifida
Spina bifida is a type of congenital spinal cord injury. In spina bifida there is a defect in the neural tube [...]