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06/19/2013

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Term
Name 5 Sx for which the two diagnoses for PCS (DSM-IV and ICD-10) agree
Definition
Headache
Fatigue
Sleep disturbance
Irritability
Dizziness
Term
What condition is caused by a high-velocity object grazing the globe but not rupturing the sclera, causing both a choroidal and retinal rupture
Definition
Chorioretinitis Sclopetaria
Term
subjective test for macular hole
Definition
Watzke Allen Test
Term
Describe saccadic deficits following stroke
Definition
overshooting/undershooting
increased latency
increased search duration
Term
How does stroke tend to affect antisaccades
Definition
increased latency
decreased velocity
increased errors
Term
How does stroke tend to affect VOR
Definition
Decreased VOR response amplitude
Term
Name 6 ocular motility signs you should look for following trauma
Definition
Nystagmus
Horizontal gaze paresis
Vertical gaze paresis
Ophthalmoplegia
Skew deviation
convergence/fusion problems
Term
Most patients with Periodic Alternating Nystagmus are treated with what drug?
Definition
Baclofen
Term
New name for NSUCO
Definition
Maples' Eye Movement test
Term
How does one objectively test accommodative amplitude
Definition
Do MEM, move closer and closer and closer until the reflex changes
Term
What is a common treatment of accommodative problems c TBIs
Definition
Low plus lenses
Term
How does hyper-vigilance to symptoms (such as those due to a vertical) affect progression in rehab
Definition
Hyper vigilance decreases progression, so it is best to try to make the pt less aware of their symptoms
Term
What is the next step after measuring a vertical phoria (Von Graefe method) on a TBI pt
Definition
Repeat outside of phoropter
Term
2 ways to confirm a pt requires the prism that was measured for a vertical phoria
Definition
4 direction random presentation (BU/BD/BI/BO)
Test other eye, they should select opposite orientation
Term
How may you prove that a convergence problem in NPC is secondary to an accommodative problem
Definition
Repeat with +0.75D OU
Term
Name a part of the brain that mediates both visual attention and localization of objects in space
Definition
Parietal Cortex
Term
Name 6 Behavioural Inattention Tests that just use paper and pencil
Definition
Line crossing
Letter cancellation
Figure & Shape copying
Line bisection
Representational Drawing
Star Cancellation
Term
What does SDSST stand for (computer)
Definition
Single & Double Simultaneous Stimulus Test
Term
Which computer test detects differences in attention & response between 2 sides of the visual field
Definition
SOSH-Search for Odd Shape
Term
What may be the diagnosis if SOSH & SEARCH are deficient but REACT is normal
Definition
indicates imperception/neglect
Term
Which computer test identifies lateralized impairment in the perifoveal fields
Definition
MATCH
Term
Which way may patients with midline shift syndrome lean?
Definition
Towards the side with the lesion, ie. towards the side they are aware of
Term
In Abnormal Egocentric Localization, which direction is the midline often shifted
Definition
In direction of intact hemi-field with neglect
Term
How did Ciuffreda modify Padula's Visual Midline Shift Test
Definition
He removed the eye-tracking component, so instead the pt stares straight ahead and indicates when the target reaches midlines (as opposed to following the target until it reaches midline)
Term
Name a unique tool used in the Fong egocentric localization test
Definition
Uses 2 bathroom scales that the pt stands on
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