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The chemical released in the brain and which is lacking in the patient with Parkinson’s disease is:

Your patient with Parkinson’s disease is ambulating with a progressive increase in speed once he gains momentum, with a shortening in stride length.  His gait pattern is described as a _____ gait.

Your patient is demonstrating weakness or paralysis on one side of his body.  He has __________.

Wernicke’s aphasia results in:

This occurs when the firing rates of muscles are disrupted resulting in loss of smooth reciprocal movement, or when the CNS loses its ability to direct movement activity that requires accuracy.

During a treatment session with your patient who sustained a T4 SCI, you are working on transitions from supine→side lying→sitting and your patient begins to complain of blurred vision, ringing in the ears, lightheadedness, and states that she feels like fainting once your sit her up.  She is most likely experiencing: 

A stereotypical spastic tonal pattern in which the upper extremities are held fixed against the body with the shoulder adducted, elbow flexed, forearm supinated with wrist/fingers flexed is typically seen with which of the following diagnoses?

This technique is used to treat cupulolithiasis and involves rapid positional movements to remove the crystal from the cupula.

You are treating a patient who is s/p CVA.  You note that she has difficulty pointing to a target correctly or guaging distances correctly during gait.  How would you document this in your note?

Behavior is most often a problem area with patients recovering from a diagnosis of __________.