STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTEREST I’m a physiotherapist with 5 years of experience in rehabilitation of neurological disorders mainly cerebral palsy‚ cerebrovascular stroke and spinal cord injury. Although‚ the rehabilitation process takes a lot of time and money‚ the recovery is usually limited. Moreover‚ the impacts of these disorders on patients and their family can be devastating. These factors were motivating me to search for new methods in management of these disorders. I found that integration
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times more likely to progress to a curve magnitude that requires treatment. Every year‚ scoliosis patients make more than 600‚000 visits to private physician offices‚ an estimated 30‚000 children are fitted with a brace‚ and 38‚000 patients undergo spinal fusion surgery. (“Scoliosis‚” 2007) Luckily for those millions of people there are many different treatment and management options to help patients cope with the
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injection of a single drug. A variety of other agents have been added to epidural infusions Epinephrine can induce a synergistic analgesic on the spinal cord as well as elicit vasoconstriction on the blood vessels for decreased absorption of local anesthetic36. Other multimodal approaches have utilized small doses of ketamine‚ an NMDA antagonist in the spinal cord‚ for sensory blockade and prevention of central sensitization of nociceptors37.
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choroid with the iris Conjunctivitis- is inflammation of the conjunctiva. Decussation pyramids- the crossing of the fibers of the corticospinal tracts from one side of the central nervous system to the other near the junction of the medulla and the spinal cord. External auditory meatus- he canal extending from the opening in the external ear to the tympanic membrane. Fovea centrals-Is a part of the eye‚ located in the center of the macula region of the retina. Glaucoma- refers to a group of eye conditions
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communication system which delivers information to and from the brain and spinal cord and all over the body. In any nervous system‚ there are 4 main components: (1) sensors: gather information from the external environment (sense organs) (2) conductors: carry information from sensors to modulators or from modulators to effectors (nerves) (3) modulators: interpret sensory information and send information to effectors (brain‚ spinal cord) (4) effectors: part of the body that responds because of information
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central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral system (PNS). The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord as well as a complex network of neurons‚ and is the processing center for the nervous system. It receives and sends information to and from the peripheral nervous system. The brain processes and interprets the sensory information sent from the spinal
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1. Describe Ossification during Fetal Development. Ossification is the formation of bone and in a fetus is made up of cartilaginous tissue. This tissue is less dense than that of bony tissue. Over time‚ as calcium salts are being deposited into the cartilaginous tissue by immature bone cells‚ the formation of bone occurs. 2. What are the roles of Osteoclasts in bone formation? Osteoclasts reabsorb bony tissue from the innermost part of the bones‚ allowing for a larger cavity‚ in order to avoid
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Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease are associated with defects of the basal ganglia. What is the function of the CSF? (pg 461) CSF is a clear‚ colorless fluid similar to blood plasma and interstitial fluid. The intracranial and spinal cord structures float in CSF and are thereby protected from jolts and blows. CSF also prevents the brain from tugging on meninges‚ nerve roots‚ and blood vessels. Where is CSF produced? (pg. 461) The choroid plexuses in the lateral‚ third‚ and
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and this risk increases with age. The exterior of the disc can be torn or may be herniated. A herniated disc (also called a slipped disc or broken) and occurs when the cartilage surrounding the disc pushes against the cord and nerve roots. The cushion which is located between the spinal
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Scoliosis is one of three main types of spine curvature disorders. Like a disease on the spinal curvature twisting and resulting in the sideway curves of the spine. It is defined as a lateral‚ or a side-to-side deviation from the normal frontal axis of the body. Scoliosis is similar to Lordosis‚ which also been named the swayback‚ for example when the spine of a person with lordosis curves significantly inward at the lower back. Kyphosis another characterized by an abnormally rounded upper back (more
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