Neuro Lec 1

• The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) is a progressive model that encompasses more than disease, impairments, and disablement.
• Diagnosis in neurology is a conclusion drawn regarding specific diseases and pathological processes within the human body.
• Movement System Diagnosis is determined after a consideration of all possible sources of movement dysfunction.
• Patient/Client Care Management (PCM) involves conveying the timing and relevance of each step and process that takes place between the patient/client and clinician.
• Evaluation in neurology is a synthesis of the findings from the examination components with the goal of establishing a diagnosis and prognosis.
• The six distinct elements in clinical reasoning and decision making in neurology are examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, and outcomes.
• The ICF is widely accepted and used by therapists throughout the world.
• The ICF is an enablement model and a result of multiple overlapping factors including the impact of the environment on the functioning of individuals and populations.
• The holistic model includes emotional, environmental, political, economic, psychological, and cultural factors.
• The holistic model of health care seeks to involve the patient/client in the process and take the mystery out of health care for the consumer.
• Screening in examination is used to determine whether the individual shows signs and symptoms that are outside a therapist’s scope of practice.
• Therapeutic models of neurological intervention include Allopathic model, Holistic model, Functional behavioral models, and ICF model.
• Allopathic Model assumes that illness has an organic base that can be traced to discrete molecular elements.
• Allopathic Model assumes that illness has an organic base that can be traced to discrete molecular elements.
• Licensed physicians have the sole responsibility for the

  identification of the cause of the illness and for the

  judgment as to what constitutes appropriate treatment
• Holistic Model considers the whole person (mind-body) when treating disease or injury.
• Functional Behavioral Models focus on identifying behaviors associated with specific conditions and developing interventions based on those behaviors.
• ICF Model focuses on improving function by addressing impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, environmental factors, personal factors, and contextual factors.