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WorksheetsSpasticity 09/03/19
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which antispasticity drug used to treat a 3 year old child with CP binds to GABA receptors in the spinal cord to inhibit reflexes that lead to increased tone?
Clonidine
Tizanidine
Dantrolene
Baclofen
When applying cryotherapy in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, which of the following events Is NOT a contraindication to its use?
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
Impaired sensation
Arterial insufficiency
Spasticity
Botulinum toxin injections into the hip adductors, hamstrings and gastrocsoleus in children with spastic cerebral palsy are shown to
Have greater effect in children older than 10 years
Be better than serial casting in management of spastic equinus
Be ineffective in management of spastic equinus gait
Delay progression of hip displacement
Intrathecal baclofen decreases spasticity by what mechanism?
It blocks Ia afferent signals through the dorsal root ganglia
It acts as a GABA agonist to inhibit gamma motor neuron activity and decrease muscle spindle sensitivity to spinal reflexes
It blocks acetylcholine release from neurons at the peripheral NMJ
It inhibits calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum during muscle contraction
Neuromuscular electrical stimulation to treat shoulder subluxation after stroke should be applied to which muscles?
Deltoid and supraspinatus
Deltoid and trapezius
Supraspinatus and infraspinatus
Subscapularis and infraspinatus
Which modifiable risk factor MOST increases the relative risk of stroke?
Smoking
Hypertension
Diabetes Mellitus
Hypercholesterolemia
Which clinical exam finding increases the likelihood that a stroke patient has had an ischemic stroke and NOT a hemorrhagic stroke?
Neck stiffness
Cervical bruit
Diastolic BP greater than 110mmHg
Headache
An infarct in the lower division of the left middle cerebral artery division would be associated with which type of aphasia?
Global
Broca
Transcortical Motor
Wernicke
Tizanidine is contraindicated in patients taking which of the following medication?
Fluvoxamine
Baclofen
Atomexitine
Sildenafil
Botulinum toxins type A works at the
following receptor?
VAMP
CAMP
SNAP 25
Synaptobrevin
