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Agnosia

▪ The inability to recognize familiar objects or persons

Apraxia

▪ Called dyspraxia if the condition is mild
▪ Characterized by loss of ability to execute or carry out skilled movements or
gestures, despite having the desire and physical ability to perform them

Hemianopsia

▪ Blindness in half the visual field

Homonymous Hemianopsia

▪ Loss of half of the field of view on the same side in both eyes

Neglect Syndrome (Unilateral Neglect)

▪ Client unaware of the existence of her or his paralyzed side

Proprioception Alterations

▪ Altered position sense that places the client at increased risk of injury
▪ Pyramid Point: With visual problems, the client must turn the head to scan the
complete range of vision.

Data from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
Health: Know stroke: know the signs. Act in time, NIH Publication #10-4872. Bethesda,
Md., June 2013, National Institutes of Health, http://stroke.nih.gov.

FIG. 58-3 Kernig’s sign and Brudzinski’s sign.

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