Term
| Average number of meds taken by post-TBI patients |
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Definition
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Diaschisis |
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Definition
| Shock occurs to damaged tissues, once the area comes out of shock some function returns |
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Hierarchical Compensation |
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Definition
| Next highest level of function takes over |
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Substitution |
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Definition
| Adjacent areas to impaired areas take over its function |
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Dynamic Reorganization |
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Definition
| Re-training/Re-education, rearrangement of function by alternative routes or pathway |
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Restitution |
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Definition
| Increased integrity of damaged area |
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Term
Cerebral Injury Recovery Mechanisms
Neurogenesis |
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Definition
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Term
| When Rx-ing after TBI, keep cylinder axis' _____________________ |
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Definition
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Term
| If pt has constricted visual space, will they prefer BI or BO prism? |
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Definition
| They tend to like BI and dislike BO prism |
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Term
| Which special chart may demonstrate that a patient has constricted visual space |
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Definition
| McDonald Form Field Chart |
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Term
| Approx how long after TBI do pts tend to transition from ambient mode to focal mode |
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Definition
| Around 2-4months post trauma |
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Term
| Specs for vision at what distance are important to Rx for a patient in a rehab program, even if they are still in ambient mode? |
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Definition
| Rx for computer since it is such a big part of re-training |
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Term
| Why do we want to reduce/titrate compensating prism |
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Definition
| With prism in glasses the pt may have difficulty when glasses are taken off and we want them to be happy with and without their glasses |
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Term
| 4 methods of dealing with small angle exotropia |
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Definition
BI prism
Plus
Graded occlusion (Bangerter)
VT |
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Term
| 2 Diplopia Exceptions (should be seeing double but they are not) |
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Definition
1 Constricted Visual Field
2. Hemianopsia with exotropia |
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Term
| Where is the best place to apply sectoral Bangerter foil |
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Definition
| in diplopic, noncomitant field, to nasal field to preserve peripheral vision |
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Term
| 4 methods of private practice treatment for reduced ocular motilities |
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Definition
Marsden Ball
Saccadic Fixator
Rotating Pegboard
column saccades etc. |
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Term
| How to approach reading problems with hemianopia |
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Definition
| Slant reading and rotation of reading material 45 to 90 degrees |
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Term
| How to approach reading problems with central vision loss |
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Definition
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Term
| Term for a reading aid that helps those that struggle with visual noise and crowding, basically creates a small plastic window |
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Definition
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Term
| How are COMPENSATIONAL sector fresnel prisms placed for hemianopsia |
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Definition
| Bases to bad field-contralesional |
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Term
| How are COMPENSATIONAL full field yoked prisms placed for hemianopsia |
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Definition
| Bases toward good side-ipsilesional (Shifts field defect away) |
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Term
| How are compensational mirrors placed to treat defect |
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Definition
| Clip mirror on nasal side on same side as field defect |
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Term
| Term for monocular prism that spans full lateral width of specs and is placed superior &/or inferior to fixation |
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Definition
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Term
| Prims base orientation for neglect with compensation approach |
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Definition
| Neglect-bases ipsilesional, or towards good side |
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Term
| Prism base orientation for neglect with TRAINING approach |
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Definition
| Base towards bad side (contralesional) |
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Term
| Which pts demonstrated egocentric shift in Karnath's study |
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Definition
| All with right sided lesions had shift, controls and left-brain damage did not show shift |
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Term
Posture Problem Compensation with Prism
Base_______ for Extension |
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Definition
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Term
Posture Problem Compensation with Prism
Base_______ for Flexion (bent over) |
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Definition
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Term
| 3 'things' to prescribe before starting VT |
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Definition
1. Optimum lenses
2. Relieving/training prism
3. Spectral filters for improved comfort |
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Term
Bases towards the bad side (contralesional)
Compensation for _______________
Training for _______________ |
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Definition
Compensation for hemianopia (with sectoral Fresnel)
Training for neglect |
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