Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Final: Traumatic Brain Injury Terms
12 May 2017
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A deficit in one"s ability to perform voluntary motor movements. A nervous system disorder or a secondary symptom to other conditions such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. A condition due to a lesion in the part of the cortex responsible for interpreting visual stimuli. The function of the eyes of a cortically blind individual are usually normal, however the visual information is not processed due to abnormal brain functioning. This particularly relates to eating and drinking, which can lead to choking, aspiration weight loss and malnutrition. A visual deficit due to brain trauma in which half of the visual hemisphere is lost. Depending on where the area is affected, it is either the left or right part of the field lost. Neurological weakness or paralysis affecting only one side of the body. The abnormal growth of bone in soft tissue, usually resulting from neurological deficits following spinal cord injury. Pertaining to pressure of ambient gas greater than 1 atmosphere.
