Treatment and Rehabilitation

Question 1

Write a paper on concussions

Should include the following

• Definition of the Injury = Give a brief description of the injury, and who is most often sidelined with it.
• Mechanism of Injury = Explain in detail the mechanism of injury (how the injury occurs).Also include the associated anatomy that is affected by the injury.
• Signs of the Injury = This section should include the signs (what you can observe) of the injury.
• Symptoms of the Injury = Now you can explain what is being felt by the athlete at the time of the injury, and during the rehabilitation.
• Treatment & Rehabilitation = Explain all of the most current treatment and rehabilitation protocols for the injury that you have selected.
• Injury Prevention = Explain if this injury could have been avoided by proper training, protective devices, or other options.

Be sure to list your sources!!

Question 2

Identify four of the 12 cranial nerves

one sensory,one motor and two mixed sensory and motor. What are their functions? Where in the brain (in the cns) and in the body outside the cns do they originate and serve? A viral infection has damaged a patient’s spinothalamic, corticospinal and posterior column-medial lemniscos tract. What are these pathways or tracts and their functions in the cns and what are some signs exhibited by the patient that will help you, as her doctor to accurately diagnose the problem and the cause of the infection