Neurologists Exam Neurological Rehabilitation & Functional Recovery Flashcards

Which rehabilitation principle describes the brain's ability to reorganize and form new neural connections after injury?

Answer: Neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or injury.

A patient post-stroke has difficulty understanding spoken language but produces fluent speech. This is most consistent with which aphasia type?

Answer: Wernicke's aphasia

Wernicke's aphasia involves fluent but often meaningless speech with poor comprehension due to damage in Wernicke's area.

Which scale is most commonly used to measure functional independence in rehabilitation patients, including neurological cases?

Answer: Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

The FIM assesses 18 tasks across self-care, mobility, and cognition to quantify a patient's level of functional independence.

Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) is primarily used for rehabilitation of which condition?

Answer: Hemiplegia following stroke

CIMT restrains the unaffected arm to force use of the paretic limb, promoting neuroplastic recovery after stroke-related hemiplegia.

Which swallowing disorder complication is most feared in neurologically impaired patients with dysphagia?

Answer: Aspiration pneumonia

Aspiration pneumonia results from food or liquid entering the airway in patients with dysphagia, and is a leading cause of death after stroke.

The Berg Balance Scale is used to assess fall risk in neurological patients by evaluating which domain?

Answer: Static and dynamic balance

The Berg Balance Scale uses 14 tasks to measure static and dynamic balance ability, predicting fall risk in neurological populations.