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Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe

by Suhaila Usuludin ~ February 17th, 2008. Filed under: Archived, Fieldwork, Neurorehabilitation.

What to look out for:

  • Strength and AROM of UL and LL (others: neglect, subluxation, tone of muscles, sensation - touch awareness, propriception, kinesthesia)
  • Apraxia in functional tasks
  • Hemianopia
  • Spatial relations and orientation of objects
  • Long term and short term memory (If memory loss present, PTA scale can be used)
  • Aphasia
  • Acalculia
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AMA citation:
Usuludin S. Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe. Occupational Therapy. 2008. Available at: http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/02/17/initial-assessment-haemorrhage-in-parietal-lobe/. Accessed July 6, 2008.

APA citation:
Usuludin, Suhaila. (2008). Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe. Retrieved July 6, 2008, from Occupational Therapy Web site: http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/02/17/initial-assessment-haemorrhage-in-parietal-lobe/

Chicago citation:
Usuludin, Suhaila. 2008. Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe. Occupational Therapy. http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/02/17/initial-assessment-haemorrhage-in-parietal-lobe/ (accessed July 6, 2008).

Harvard citation:
Usuludin, S 2008, Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe, Occupational Therapy. Retrieved July 6, 2008, from <http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/02/17/initial-assessment-haemorrhage-in-parietal-lobe/>

MLA citation:
Usuludin, Suhaila. "Initial Assessment: Haemorrhage/Contusion in Parietal Lobe." 17 Feb. 2008. Occupational Therapy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2008. <http://occtherapy.hazmanaziz.com/blog/2008/02/17/initial-assessment-haemorrhage-in-parietal-lobe/>

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