EXCI 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Disabled Sports, Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy
13 Mar 2017
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Answer: brain stem: spinal cord, brain stem, motor cortex, so(cid:373)atose(cid:374)sor(cid:455) , rollers are to wheelchair users what _________ are to ambulatory runners. Which condition comes second: amputation, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis. Spinal cord injuries: sci are quadriplegia and paraplegia acquired through some kind of trauma, causes: 21% falls ( increased construction workers) = seniors. Incidence: canadians +/- 1100 new cases per year and 44,000 canadians now living with the impacts of a. Testeostero(cid:374)e: decrease of complete lesion is due to meds, car safety belt, paramedics, airbags. Lesions can be complete or incomplete (50% - 50%) Whether it is complete or incomplete (injury can affect more than one vertebrae: quadriplegia. Car accidents, motor vehicle accidents, whiplash moi. Cause: damage to the thoracic or lumbar spine: complete lesions: Complete lesion = total loss (below lesion) Lose some sensations but not others (cid:894)hot (cid:448)s. (cid:272)old t(cid:455)pe of fi(cid:271)ers(cid:895) Vulnerable to injury (visual inspection after playing sports: contractures and injury prevention (spasticity)
