Elearning Material about Spinal Cord injury Assessment

Physiotherapy Managment for Spinal Cord injury online Learning material

    This also another one informative website about spinal cord injury. American Spinal cord Injury Association provides the elearning materials about the assessment and managment of SCI. Courtesty : ASIA

http://lms3.learnshare.com/home.aspx

Physiotherapy managment for Spinal Cord Injury Study material

   
    This is the wonderful website to learn physiotherapy managment for spinal cord injury. Free learning materials available in the website. would like to access the learning materials do registration. Then access the learning materials freely. Elearning materials available in PPT with questions to check our knowledge instantly. Strongly recommending for physio friends.

http://www.elearnsci.org/

Positioning for Right Sided Hemiplegic Patient

http://emascr.ca/4-7-%E2%80%93-positioning-the-hemiplegic-stroke-patient/

Position for storke patient in Bed - Affected, Unaffected, Sitting postions

Postioning for Left sided Hemiplegic Patient - affected/unaffected sidelying

NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSESSMENT CHART

NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSESSMENT CHART

SUBJECTIVE EXAMINATION

NAME:
AGE:
SEX :
RACE:
OCCUPATION:
HANDEDNESS:
DATE OF ADMISSION:
CHIEF COMPLAINTS:

HISTORY:
- PRESENT HISTORY
- PAST HISTORY
- MEDICAL HISTORY
- FAMILY HISTORY
- PERSONAL HISTORY
- SOCIAL HISTORY

OBJECTIVE EXAMINATIONS

ON OBSERVATION

BUILD
ATTITUDE OF LIMBS
- IN LYING
- IN SITTING
- IN STANDING

POSTURE
- AP VIEW
- PA VIEW
- LATERAL VIEW

GAIT ANAYALYSIS

DEFORMITIES

ANY EXTERNAL APPLIANCES:

ON PALAPATIONS

TENDERNESS
SKIN TEMPERATURE
SWELLING OEDEMA
CLUBBING

ON EXAMINATIONS

HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTIONS

ORIENTAION

MEMORY
- SHORT TERM
- LONG TERM
- REMOTE

BEHAVIOUR
SPEECH
INTELLIGENCE

CRANIAL NERVER ASSESSMENT

MOTOR EXAMINATIONS

A. MUSCLE GIRTH MEASUREMENT
B. MUSCLE POWER
C. TONE
AXIAL
UPPER LIMBS
LOWER LIMBS

VOLUNTARY CONTROL EXAMINATIONS

REFLEXES:
- SPINAL REFLEXES:
- SUPERFICIAL REFLEXES:
- ABDOMINAL:
- BABINSKIS SIGN:
- DEEP TENDON REFLEXES
- BICEPS
- TRICEPS
- SUPINATOR
- KNEE JERK
- ANKLE JERK

MYOTOME TESTING

DERMATOME TESTING

MUSCLE LENGTH TESTING

CONTRACTURES/DEFORMITIES

SENSORY EXAMINATIONS

SOMATIC

SUPERFICIAL
- LIGHT TOUCH
- PAIN
- TEMPERATURE

DEEP
- VIBRATIONS SENSE
- JOINT POSITIONS SENSE

CORTICAL
- STEREOGONOSIS
- GRAPHESTHESIA
- BARAGNOSIS

DISCRIMINATIVE
- TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION

DERMATOME TESTING

ROM MEASUREMENT
- UPPER LIMB
- LOWER LIMB
- SPINE

LIMB LENGTH MEASUREMENT
- TRUE
- APPARENT

ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS

BALANCE AND CO-ORDINATIONS

BALANCE
- STATIC
- DYNAMIC

CO-ORDINATION
- FINGER TO NOSE TEST
- DYSDIADOKOKINESIA
- HEEL TO SHIN
- WASH BASIN SIGN
- ROMBERGS SIGN
- TANDEM WALKING

BLADDER/BOWEL CONTROL

CARDIO RESPIRATORY

VITAL SIGNS
- TEMPERATURE
- PULSE RATE
- RESPIRATORY RATE
- BLOOD PRESSURE

BREATING PATTERN

CHEST EXPANSION

CHEST DEFORMITY

AUSCULTATION

LUNG SECRETIONS

GASTROINTESTINAL EXAMINATIONS:

FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY EXAMINATION
- EATING
- DRINKING
- BATHING
- TOILETING
- COMBING

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

INVESTIGATIONS

DIAGNOSIS

PROBLEM LISTING

PLAN OF TRETMENT
- SHORT TERM GOAL
- LONG TERM GOAL

PHYSIOTHERAPY MANAGEMENT
- GOALS
- MEANS

The Precise Neurological Exam

http://cloud.med.nyu.edu/modules/pub/neurosurgery/index.html