carrying the afferent impulse is the sensory nerve of the femoral nerve. c. What nerve is carrying the efferent impulse? The nerve that is carrying the efferent impulse is the motor nerve of the femoral nerve. 3. Find a friend and test the plantar flexion reflex. a. Describe the response. The response to this test was that my friends toes pointed down and inward and the foot flexed. b. Is this a normal plantar reflex or a Babinski’s sign? In the test the results were normal plantar reflex and not
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motion or a trauma event. In addition‚ it is possible that an inferior and anterior is part of the reason being a posterior instability. “The patient can either voluntary moves or complain on weakness and instability of a shoulder moving forward flexion and medial rotation” (Gerber & Ganz‚ 1984). Lastly‚ inferior instability helps determine that multiple-axial instability. Anterior and posterior instability are tested by having the patient on supine position and moves the arm horizontal adduction
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Joints and Body Movements Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0014-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent
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3mm left paracentral disc bulge‚ slight disc desiccation noted lateral and neuroforaminal pattern. Based on the progress report dated 02/11/16‚ the patient complains of pain in the neck with muscle tightness and limitation of motion with forward flexion causing pulling pain into the neck. She does report pain with rotation. The patient reports the back of her neck is always tired. With sitting at work‚ she constantly grabs the back of her shoulders and neck pulls in forward while extending the head
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9-12 weeks post surgery‚ patient can off splint accordingly‚ night splint can still resume. Therapist can initiate grip or pinch strengthening exercise for the client. Wrist strengthening can be included if motion is within functional ranges (wrist flexion and wrist extension should be at 50-55 degree). If PROM is limited for wrist extension or supination/pronation then therapist can consider dynamic splinting. After 12-15
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encephalopathy secondary to strangulation‚ skin abrasions‚ psychological distress‚ and decreased socialization. Indirect effects of physical restraints are caused primarily by prolonged immobilization and decreased physical functioning pressure sores‚ flexion contractures‚ pneumonia‚ and biochemical and physiological changes. Use of physical restraints to prevent the patient’s disruption of therapy‚ for example‚ intravenous lines and nasogastric tubes‚ often is seen in the acute-care setting. Approximately
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Spinal Cord InjuriesArticle Last Updated: Aug 8‚ 2006 BackgroundPatients with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually have permanent and often devastating neurologic deficits and disability. According to the National Institutes of Health‚ "among neurological disorders‚ the cost to society of automotive SCI is exceeded only by the cost of mental retardation."The goals for the emergency physician are to establish the diagnosis and initiate treatment to prevent further neurologic injury from either pathologic
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BIO 157 Anatomy & Physiology I Instructor: Dr. Philip Wahr pwahr@monroeccc.edu Office: L117 Levels of Organization Chemical Increasing complexity Cellular Tissue Organ Organ System Organism Population Ecosystem Definitions Anatomy: Structure How do structures relate to each other? -Surface anatomy -Regional anatomy -Systemic anatomy -Comparative anatomy -Developmental anatomy/embryology -Microscopic anatomy -cytology -histology Definitions Physiology: Function -Cell physiology -Organ physiology
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Nursing Management Patient With An Amputation Aries Nubla Amputation Is the removal of a body part‚ and most commonly a limb (Cheever & Hinkle‚ 2013). Used to relieve symptoms‚ improve functions and to save or improve the patient’s quality of life (Cheever & Hinkle‚ 2013). Can be elective due to complications of the vascular disease often of diabetes. ex. Gangrene‚ trauma (burns‚ crushing injury‚ electrical burns‚ frostbite‚ explosions) Vascular disease accounts for 82% of all amputations with
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5. Why was the bone shortened? In order to insert the plate‚ they needed to shorten the bone and even it out. 6. Identify the movements associated with the arm‚ forearm‚ wrist‚ and fingers. Rotation and circumduction‚ extension‚ flexion‚ hyperextension‚ supination and proation. 7. Explain how the movements of the reattached arm might be altered after the reattachment. The nervous system reattachment grew back together decently‚ but the nerves did not function the same
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