KINESIOL 4S03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Motor Unit, Muscle Atrophy, Dementia

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KINESIOL 4S03
• Professor: Randy Calvert

Document Summary

Cns: amytrophic lateral sclerosis (als, alzheimer"s, huntington"s korea, parkinson"s, ms. Measures of clinical efficacy should be based on how a patient. To assess clinical efficacy, need to talk to people we"re working with and understand how they feel, how well they function in the world, and what they can do to survive. Best way to do this is actually talk to patietns - patient-reported outcomes. Fascio-scapular-humeral: genetic, self-arresting often stops on its own, limitations often diminish on their own. Limb girdle: possibly genetic, constant, once symptoms appear they seem to stay constant over time, no worsening of symptoms, stay the way they are, no real reversal. Muscle weakness paralysis b/c no motor control of muscle key: this is a motor disorder only, no sensory component to als. Als begins with dysphagia and dysarthria: dysphagia: hard time swallowing, dysarthria: hard time speaking, trouble with words. Muscles of throats are some of the first to degenerate.